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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
 
> I forget what Steven said I had to add somewhere first but 
> will look that up.  I think I need bare.i to get framebuffer 
> support 

Yes.

> but there was something else I also had to do.

You also need devs.tgz.  And you probably need to add 
the following to the loadlin line in BOOT.BAT:
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devfs=nomount
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> I will also test out printing as user (without the final / 
> in printcap)

Before trying lpd and printcap, print directly via the filter 
(as root).  You must get the filter working first, otherwise 
lpd will never work.
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insmod parport 
insmod parport_pc 
insmod lp
filter < sample.ps > /dev/lp0
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filter    = full pathname to filter script 
sample.ps = any ps file (eg. from /usr/share/ghostscript/examples)

You should only use /dev/lp0 if that is the device activated
by your insmods (some systems come up with /dev/lp1 instead).

BTW yesterday I got printing working on another computer.
All I did was install the following packages:
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/slakware/a9/lpr.tgz
/slakware/ap1/ghostscr.tgz
/slakware/ap1/gsfonts.tgz
--------------------------

Then I copied the following from the working computer:
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/etc/printcap
everything in /var/spool/lpd/ and below
---------------------------------------

It printed first time.

Cheers,
Steven