On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 11:49:11AM -0800, Paul Phillips wrote: > > I have created the /dev/usb devices as indicated in the docs: > > root@apollo:/dev/usb# ls -l > total 0 > crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 Oct 24 21:22 lp0 > crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 1 Oct 24 21:25 lp1 > > If I unload the printer driver and reload it, it claims "unused" until I > cat a file to /dev/usb/lp0 and then it's used, so that appears to be > working. And catting a file to /dev/usb/lp1 yields "No such device" so it > appears to be at lp0 as expected. But nothing is logged and the printer > doesn't do anything. The printer does work under win2k. > > Any pointers hugely appreciated! > Don't know if it'll help, but my USB printer runs off /dev/usblp0 not /dev/usb/lp0. But its the same device numbers: $ ls -l /dev/usblp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 2001-12-13 14:21 /dev/usblp0 Have you got hotplug installed? (looks like its fine since you get the printer module loaded). How is your printcap file setup? Drew -- PGP public key available at http://people.debian.org/~dparsons/drewskey.txt Fingerprint: A110 EAE1 D7D2 8076 5FE0 EC0A B6CE 7041 6412 4E4A
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