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Re: Cannot find /dev/parport0 - Solution



On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 00:45:29 +0200, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 01:50:06PM -0700, Account for Debian group mail wrote:
> 
> > Anyway I figured it is a udev problem that is causing the /dev/lp0 file
> > (that I used to have the printcap pointing too) to go away.
> > 
> > This is an older computer so I think the udev is not working properly and
> > bring up the proper device. And what a nightmare trying to figure out udev
> > rules.
> > 
> 
> This looks like a bug in udev, try filing a bug report against it and
> see what the developers say (give them specifcs about your setup).

Please try "modprobe lp" first (maybe also parport and parport_pc). It
is only a udev bug if the device nodes are not created when these
modules are loaded. (see /usr/share/doc/udev/README.Debian.gz)

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