Re: problem with /dev/lp0
Quoting Debian Mail (debian@sos.ethz.ch):
> > Should it? My machines running 2.0.36 are all printing on /dev/lp1
> > and that's to LPT1 and 0x378. I'm not sure why you're using 0x278
> > in the BIOS (conventionally LPT2).
>
> I changed it to 0x378 and said modprobe lp io=0x378
> The device is still /dev/lp0. lp1 and lp2 are still not configured,
I read these words, but I don't understand what you mean by them.
If you're running a 2.0.x kernel, 0x378 means minor number 1. You can
only change it by editing drivers/char/lp.c which I assume you haven't.
Minor number 0 goes to 0x3bc and I'm guessing you really don't want
that.
> and tunelp still gives the same output. So I guess it does not matter
> whether 0x278 or 0x378 is used. Unfortunately.
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