printer stopped working - in 2.6.10 kernels

[Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak]

> Compare dmesg from both kernels for parport0.  Is there a difference?

Kam,

Yes, there is a difference - on the working 2.6.9-1.724_FC3:

[root at strawberry mjc]# dmesg | grep parport
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
parport0: faking semi-colon
parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 2100 Series
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
parport0: faking semi-colon
parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 2100 Series
lp0: using parport0 (polling).


and on the problematic 2.6.10-1.741_FC3:

par[root at strawberry mjc]# dmesg | grep parport
port: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: faking semi-colon
parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 2100 Series
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
Modules linked in: parport_pc lp parport autofs4 ipt_state ipt_REJECT 
ipt_limit ipt_LOG ip_conntrack_ftp ip_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables 
microcode dm_mod video button battery ac md5 ipv6 uhci_hcd ehci_hcd 
i2c_i801 i2c_core snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss 
snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc tg3 floppy ext3 jbd 
ata_piix libata sd_mod scsi_mod


My system is an HP D330. I don't see any option for enabling/disabling 
PNP in the bios.

- Mike