On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 10:34:51AM +0800, Uwe Heinz Rudi Dippel wrote: > After upgrading to Etch, now printing (DeskJet 840C) is gone. > Reason: > % ls -l /dev/lp* > ls: /dev/lp*: No such file or directory > There is no more device created by udev. I have turned off and on, but to no avail. > Yes, the printer is found (dmesg): > parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] > parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 840C > > But there is nothing to send the data to. > I *did* my homework on Google, and found some help for CUPS. But hell freezes over before I use it ! > I want it to run with lpr (is installed, of cause). > How do it get udev to recognize and create it ? have you purged hotplug? A
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