> On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Tim Waugh wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Jimmie Farmer wrote:
> >
> > > I may not be describing this well, but what I mean is if you have
> > > your printer already turned on, and reboot the computer, normally during
> > > the boot sequence the printer will start making noises like it was just
> > > turned on too.
> >
> > Ah, yes, you're quite right. Try this patch and let me know if the noises
> > come back.
>
> Yes, they did, but with this patch I once again could not print.
> I think my printer is posessed. =-\
Oh dear. What exactly are the symptoms? What, for example, happens when
you try to echo to /dev/lp{whatever} as root? What do the files in
/proc/parport have to say?
Tim.
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