Debian bug report logs - #1041 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1041: Debian printing problem Reply-To: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 20:03:06 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: base, lpr X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 24 Jun 1995 20:03:06 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 062419593610302; Sat, 24 Jun 1995 19:59:37 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sPbLd-0005hHC; Sat, 24 Jun 95 12:58 PDT Received: from hydra.legislate.com ([192.77.155.4]) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA27132 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 24 Jun 1995 12:57:04 -0700 Received: by hydra.legislate.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.32); Sat, 24 Jun 95 16:02 GMT Message-Id: Date: Sat, 24 Jun 95 16:02 GMT From: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller) To: andrew@kryten.it.com.au Cc: sgk@sgk.tiac.net, debian-user@Pixar.com, debian-bugs@pixar.com In-Reply-To: (andrew@kryten.it.com.au) Package: base, lpr Version: unknown [dpkg-0.93.42.3, kernel 1.2.10, lpr-5.9-6.deb] [About 2 screens of quoted material before I say anything...] Susan G. Kleinmann: > I am having trouble getting my printer device recognized under > Debian Linux. ... > Symptoms: lpq claims "printer offline" -- not true. > > ls > /dev/lp1 fails with the message "device not found" > --- even though /dev/lp1 is very clearly there in the /dev > directory. > > As I indicated above, the same tests work just fine when I boot > up from my Slackware disk. > > Is it a hint (possible understatement) that when I boot Slackware > I get the message: > "kernel: lp1 at 0x0378, using polling driver", > but when I boot Debian I get > "kernel: plip1: Parallel port at 0x378, using assigned IRQ 7." > and no mention of a polling driver? Andrew Howell: Have you tried using/reading man page of lpc? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I think I see two potential problems here. Briefly, one might be remedied by removing the line that says plip from /etc/modules. The other might be remedied by executing the command su -c 'lpc up lp'. I feel that both of these could be better handled at installation time. [Aside: there's another problem with /etc/modules -- the 3c501 module will spoof the 3c509 driver and prevent it from loading for some cases of a system with only a 3c509 installed.] -- Raul D. Miller ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller) Subject: Bug#1041: Acknowledgement (was: Debian printing problem) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1041" or "Re: Bug#1041" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1041: Debian printing problem Reply-To: "James A. Robinson" , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: "James A. Robinson" Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 21:33:03 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: base, lpr X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 24 Jun 1995 21:33:03 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 062421201412002; Sat, 24 Jun 1995 21:20:15 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sPcbf-0006daC; Sat, 24 Jun 95 14:19 PDT Received: from plato.simons-rock.edu by pixar.com with SMTP id AA01756 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 24 Jun 1995 14:17:40 -0700 Received: from simons-rock.edu by plato.simons-rock.edu with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0sPcb5-00000zC; Sat, 24 Jun 95 17:18 EDT Message-Id: To: debian-bugs@pixar.com, Debian User Cc: Ian Jackson , Ian Murdock In-Reply-To: Message from rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller) of "Sat, 24 Jun 1995 16:02:00 GMT." Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 17:18:34 -0400 From: "James A. Robinson" > I think I see two potential problems here. Briefly, one might be > remedied by removing the line that says plip from /etc/modules. The > other might be remedied by executing the command su -c 'lpc up lp'. > > I feel that both of these could be better handled at installation > time. > > [Aside: there's another problem with /etc/modules -- the 3c501 module > will spoof the 3c509 driver and prevent it from loading for some cases > of a system with only a 3c509 installed.] Well, the new install meathods give lists of modules to load on start-up. It is the solution to this problem, as was discussed a while back when the 3c50[1,9] conflict was brought up. As a side-note, when I installed the system on a friends machine, I had to move binary/base out of the path because dpkg tries to install them, and that messes up things like /etc/modules, etc. I would suggest a post-install script for modules that asks which modules should be loaded. Also, Ian J., does/can dpkg ignore base (or perhaps any) packages that have already been installed unless they are at a higher version then what is on the system? Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: "James A. Robinson" Subject: Bug#1041: Info received (was Bug#1041: Debian printing problem) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1041" or "Re: Bug#1041" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1041: Debian printing problem Reply-To: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 04:03:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: base, lpr X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sun, 25 Jun 1995 04:03:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 062503491220757; Sun, 25 Jun 1995 03:49:12 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sPig5-0005hHC; Sat, 24 Jun 95 20:48 PDT Received: from hydra.legislate.com ([192.77.155.4]) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA16348 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-user-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 24 Jun 1995 20:46:40 -0700 Received: by hydra.legislate.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.32); Sat, 24 Jun 95 23:52 GMT Message-Id: Date: Sat, 24 Jun 95 23:52 GMT From: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller) To: jimr@simons-rock.edu Cc: debian-bugs@Pixar.com, debian-user@Pixar.com, iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk, imurdock@gnu.ai.mit.edu In-Reply-To: (jimr@simons-rock.edu) Well, the new install meathods give lists of modules to load on start-up. It is the solution to this problem, as was discussed a while back when the 3c50[1,9] conflict was brought up. Hmm... I take it the new install methods aren't integrated with the base packages? [I've reinstalled the base packages several times, rather than wiping my hard disk and re-installing everything from scratch.] -- Raul ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller) Subject: Bug#1041: Info received (was Bug#1041: Debian printing problem) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1041" or "Re: Bug#1041" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1041: Debian printing problem Reply-To: "James A. Robinson" , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: "James A. Robinson" Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 13:48:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: base, lpr X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sun, 25 Jun 1995 13:48:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 06251338581362; Sun, 25 Jun 1995 13:38:58 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sPrso-00063aC; Sun, 25 Jun 95 06:37 PDT Received: from plato.simons-rock.edu by pixar.com with SMTP id AA07765 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-user-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 25 Jun 1995 06:36:19 -0700 Received: from simons-rock.edu by plato.simons-rock.edu with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0sPrsR-00001WC; Sun, 25 Jun 95 09:37 EDT Message-Id: To: rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller) Cc: debian-bugs@Pixar.com, debian-user@Pixar.com, iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk, imurdock@gnu.ai.mit.edu In-Reply-To: Message from rdr@legislate.com (Raul Miller) of "Sat, 24 Jun 1995 23:52:00 GMT." Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 09:37:30 -0400 From: "James A. Robinson" > Hmm... I take it the new install methods aren't integrated with the > base packages? [I've reinstalled the base packages several times, > rather than wiping my hard disk and re-installing everything from > scratch.] Right, and I believe it might be better to put it in postinst, since it is a very nice way of choosing modules (the user does not need an editor, and doesn't need to know the format). Jim ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: "James A. Robinson" Subject: Bug#1041: Info received (was Bug#1041: Debian printing problem) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1041" or "Re: Bug#1041" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-request: From debian.org!imurdock Wed Oct 11 15:48:29 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t39wr-000GomC; Wed, 11 Oct 95 15:48 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA11688 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-request-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Wed, 11 Oct 1995 15:48:05 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Wed, 11 Oct 95 17:52 EST Message-Id: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 17:52 EST From: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) To: debian-bugs-request@pixar.com reassign 1041 (base) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov