Re: a strange problem with modules 2/4... debian kernel 2.6.7-1-386

From: RRB (rrb_at_despammed.com)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:29:11 +0200

Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote:
...
>>I'm not sure to understand fully:
>>
>>I don't have devfs but i have /dev/lp0.
>>
>>ls -l /dev/lp0 output:
>>
>>crw-rw-rw- 1 root lp 6, 0 Jul 31 07:28 /dev/lp0
>>
>>and if i do:
>>cd /dev
>>./MAKEDEV lp0
>>./MAKEDEV: don't know how to make device "lp0"
...
> Oh, sorry. When I saw
>
> echo pippo>/dev/lp0
> /dev/lp0: No such device or address
>
> in your original post, I thought there was something wrong with the
> definition of /dev/lp0 node in your system. Perhaps dmesg output reveals
> something?
>
> Anyway, I have done a quick search on google.com/linux with keyword
> "/dev/lp0: No such device or address" and some of the interesting hits
> from the first page of hits are below:
>
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/pipermail/general-list/2003q1/003340.html
> [[ Many people have found that Linux will not detect their parallel port
> unless they disable "Plug and Play" in their PC BIOS.
> see http://www.linuxprinting.org/howto/kernel.html chapter 4 ]]
>
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-parport/2004-August/000141.html
> [[... One way you can tell - it's a little subtle, actually - is by using
> the "file" utility and its "-s" (special file) option. The messages will
> vary a bit depending on whether the printing daemon is loaded or not.
> http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue92/tag/2.html ]]
>
> http://freebooks.by.ru/view/RedHatLinux6Unleashed/rhl6u152.htm
>
> http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpBB_14&file=index&action=viewtopic&topic=7311&forum=1

Again thanks, now i have found something, kernel starting up loads wrong module
parport, mounting manually right module parport_pc the printer works, so i have
to understand how to fix permanently and, in case, how it could happen. 

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