>> I have mdk 8.2 with devfsd running. I have a parallel port >> scanner umax 2000p. For making it work, I need parport active.
>It may be active already if compiled already in the kernel. This >is on at boot time. Check out with dmesg, and see what is occu- >pying what. This is my output: >bish@aedes:~$ dmesg | grep parport >parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2] >lp0: using parport0 (polling). >bish@aedes:~$ My output is as follows [root@localhost lvgandhi]# dmesg |grep parport parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE] parport0: irq 7 detected >Possible that parport0 is already being used by your printer >or some other device. I don't have anyother deive like printer which can use parport. >> [root@localhost dev]# MAKEDEV parport >> MAKEDEV: error making /dev/parport0: File exists >Possible, because something is occupying 99,0 and mknod is >not able to proceed further. MAKEDEV is merely a shell front- >end for mknod, providing the correct major and minor numbers. >Pl note: there is "error in making /dev/parport0" ... this is >ensuing failure at creation, even if file does not exist. [root@localhost lvgandhi]# ls -l /dev/parport ls: /dev/parport: No such file or directory [root@localhost lvgandhi]# I think above clears that parport device is not there. How to proceed further? -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA ------------------------------------------------------- In remembrance www.osdn.com/911/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
