Kernal Config (was Lexmark Printer)

[Brian Kelsay]

Robert Kennedy wrote:

> --- Brian Kelsay <bkelsay at comcast.net> wrote:
> in reply to Robert Kennedy:
> 
> 
>>Was the cups driver for your printer included with
>>the distro?  Might 
>>want to check that before you go thru the trouble of
>>loading it up. 
>>Also, did you have your CDRW in the PC when you
>>upgraded?  This might 
>>have simplified things for you.  Most distros run
>>thru some sort of 
>>hardware detection during install.  And yes, your
>>life may be easier if 
>>you have both drives in the PC at the same time.
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
> Brian,
> 
> I want to back up my presonal files and whatever my
> wife may have in home directory before I upgrade.
> That's about 4 CD's full.
> 
> I've tried lpt & CUPS multiple times with Suse 7.3.
> Neither one has the Z25 listed & none of the many
> tools I've tried seems to offer a real chance to find
> anything other than the distro's original drivers.
> (Unless, maybe, the user is more of a rocket scientist
> than I am.) Well, one program might find something
> new, but I'd have to burn a CD to use it as the thing
> appears to let you substitute some other CD for one of
> Suse's.
> 
> I've also (very carefully)started the kernal config
> utility, but it does not seem to operate as the manual
> describes. I've been to several HowTo sites, but the
> only one that addresses the burner issue seems really
> complicated, when I'd sort of hoped to find "Move
> module X to directory Y" or how to add a line to that
> big config file that says properly "When booting, add
> module XXX to the kernal."
> 
> Thanks for everything you've suggested.

If you can, bring it to next week's meeting and maybe someone can help 
you live.  We do have some Suse users around.
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