Re: don't have device /dev/lpt0

On Thursday 12 September 2002 22:25, Simon wrote:
> 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.
>
The lp option is hided quit well in menuconfig. I couldn't find it at first.
Finally I found it and now I have the device lp0.
The next thing would be to get my printer working.

Simon Siemonsma