Re: don't have device /dev/lpt0

i had the same problem once. i can't remember the solution. it was a bit
tricky. i'm quite sure, i found it in this mailing list. so you should
consult the archive.

your kernel config looks ok. 
you can try to compile parport-support into the kernel (one possible
failure less)
i know thats bad style since devfs should do that, but for testing you
could try to mknod /dev/lp0 manually. 

mknod /dev/lp0 c 6 1 (see man 4 lp)
man tunelp
...
echo "something" > /dev/lp0

please inform me about your progress. thank you.

regards
christian


On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 21:33, Simon wrote:
> I don't have the device: /dev/lpt0 on my system and also are not able to get 
> my printer working.
> 
> In my /usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r7/.config I have the following:
> 
> #
> # Parallel port support
> #
> CONFIG_PARPORT=y
> CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
> CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=y
> CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL=y
> CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO=y
> CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO=y
> # CONFIG_PARPORT_AMIGA is not set
> # CONFIG_PARPORT_MFC3 is not set
> # CONFIG_PARPORT_ATARI is not set
> # CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC is not set
> # CONFIG_PARPORT_SUNBPP is not set
> # CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
> CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y
> 
> How come I'm not having this device?
> 
> Any advise is welcome!
> 
> Simon Siemonsma
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