Re: don't have device /dev/lpt0

On Thursday 12 September 2002 19:51, Christian Bartl wrote:
> 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

I get: "bash: /dev/lp0: No such device"
However when I do "ls -l lp0" everything seems normal.
To be save I did a chmod 777.
By now I found out that parport detects my printer properly, however somehow 
the lp0 device is not made.
>
> 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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