try going to /dev and typing ./MAKEDEV lp that should make the lp devices.
nate On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: alisda >I've got a little 486 box here doing nothing but gather uptime, alisda >and I'd like to set it up as a printer server. alisda > alisda >Unfortunately, it doesn't recognise /dev/lp0, /dev/lp1 or /dev/lp2 alisda >as existing: alisda > alisda >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] # cat > /dev/lp0 alisda >bash: /dev/lp0: No such device alisda > alisda >Obviously, lprng doesn't work too well :) It's a new build of alisda >2.2.12, with the following stuff: alisda > alisda >[EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/src/linux] # grep -e "\(PARPORT\|PRINTER\)" .config alisda >CONFIG_PARPORT=y alisda >CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y alisda ># CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set alisda >CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y alisda >CONFIG_PRINTER=y alisda >CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK=y alisda > alisda >What could be wrong? Might the parallel port be broken? alisda > alisda >Thanks, alisda >-- alisda >alisdair mcdiarmid [EMAIL PROTECTED] alisda >[funny how everything i swore i wouldn't change is different now] alisda > alisda > alisda >-- alisda >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null alisda > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 6:06pm up 80 days, 5:35, 1 user, load average: 1.53, 1.68, 1.68
