Re: tlug: Cannot find lp device?

[Christopher Sekiya <wileyc@example.com>]

On Tue, 18 May 1999, Tetsuji Rai wrote:

> What does it mean?   Actually now I boot kernel 2.2.7, /dev/lp0 works fine.

Ensure that you compiled in support for PC parallel hardware.  The lp
driver consists of two parts -- the high-level bit that does the /dev/lp
magic, and the low-level bit that talks to the hardware.  I'll bet that
you omitted the low-level driver.

-- Chris (wileyc@example.com)

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