[Sussex] Gentoo and printers?

[John D.]

On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 09:42, Geoff Teale wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 09:31 +0000, John D. wrote:
> 
> > bash-2.05b# modprobe parport
> > bash-2.05b# modprobe parport_pc
> > bash-2.05b# modprobe lp
> > FATAL: Module lp not found.
> > bash-2.05b#
> > 
> > Damn Damn Damn.
> 
> 
> Ok, never fear - this means you're only missing one module - "lp".
> 
> 
> > Is this basically what I'd have to do (I found this, can't recall where,
> > but it sort of sounded about right, but I'm not quite sure)
> > 
> > <quote>
> > # cd /usr/src/linux 
> > #make menuconfig
> 
> 
> That's generally the way to start, yes..
> 
> > Device Drivers > [*]Parallel port support
> 
> .. I think you already have this, it's the parport and partport_pc
> module.  You just need line printer support..... the rest of your
> process seems right.

Well, as it would appear that the Parallel port support is already
switched on? where would I look to "switch on" the line printer support
(having, AFAIK, checked all the possible options in "make menuconfig"
and not being able to find anything that looks even remotely familiar)?

regards

John D.