On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 02:35:28PM -0500, Ken Cobler wrote: > > I also experience this problem with printers. When I have 2 USB printer > hooked up to a computer, first printer is /dev/usb/lp0, the second > printer is /dev/usb/lp1. If the application is expecting to print > something on the first printer, I need the printer to be connected to > /dev/usb/lp0. But, depending on how the user configures the printers to > the computer, the correct printer may or may not be /dev/usb/lp0.
This is exactly the situation that udev was created for. Might I suggest you use it to create a persistant device node based on the serial number or name of the printer? See the udev documentation for how to do this. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
