Re: 486 and printing
try going to /dev and typing ./MAKEDEV lp
that should make the lp devices.
nate
On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote:
alisda >I've got a little 486 box here doing nothing but gather uptime,
alisda >and I'd like to set it up as a printer server.
alisda >
alisda >Unfortunately, it doesn't recognise /dev/lp0, /dev/lp1 or /dev/lp2
alisda >as existing:
alisda >
alisda >[root@lewis ~] # cat > /dev/lp0
alisda >bash: /dev/lp0: No such device
alisda >
alisda >Obviously, lprng doesn't work too well :) It's a new build of
alisda >2.2.12, with the following stuff:
alisda >
alisda >[root@lewis /usr/src/linux] # grep -e "\(PARPORT\|PRINTER\)" .config
alisda >CONFIG_PARPORT=y
alisda >CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
alisda ># CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
alisda >CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y
alisda >CONFIG_PRINTER=y
alisda >CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK=y
alisda >
alisda >What could be wrong? Might the parallel port be broken?
alisda >
alisda >Thanks,
alisda >--
alisda >alisdair mcdiarmid alisdair@wasters.org
alisda >[funny how everything i swore i wouldn't change is different now]
alisda >
alisda >
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alisda >
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