Re: no such device as /dev/lpt1

[Jeremy Gaddis <jlgaddis@blueriver.net>]

At 10:40 PM 3/16/00 -0600, Kent West wrote:

>Thanks Jim, for the response. That helps clear up a couple of things. So
>now, when I do an "insmod lp", I get this:
>
>/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol
>parport_ieee1284_nibble_mode_ok
>/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_unregister_device
>/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_enumerate
>/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_claim_or_block
>/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_register_device
>/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_wait_peripheral
>/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_release
>
>Just for kicks, I just now did another "make modules" and "make
>modules_install", but it didn't help. Maybe I'll get another clue from
>someone else pretty soon. Again, thanks!

Try putting "auto" in /etc/modules, and make sure kerneld is running.
This is how it is running on my linux server (which has a printer attached
that's used by the whole network), and I never have to mess with it.

This appears in syslog:

Mar 14 18:27:35 gatekeeper kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).

I have had no problems yet doing it this way.  YMMV.


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Jeremy L. Gaddis      <jlgaddis@blueriver.net>