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Re: Parallel Port Issues SOLVED
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Mark LaPierre <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark LaPierre <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:21:15 -0500
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On 12/30/2011 10:26 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
> Anyone know how to find out if the parallel port is recognized? I have a
> parallel port printer connected to my machine but I can't seem to get it
> working. It was working with Fedora 14 32bit. I just installed SL-6.1
> 64bit.

Thanks for the help.  I found the problem and it had nothing to do with 
the PPort.  The problem was with CUPS.  When it installed the filters it 
didn't do in under root ownership so none of it worked because it wasn't 
owned by root.  "chown -R root:root cups" fixed it all better.

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