Andrew D Dixon wrote on Wed May 23, 2001 at 03:30:09PM: > I've got a device file /dev/lcd of type "c": > > bash-2.03# ls -ld /dev/lcd > crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 156 Apr 8 2001 /dev/lcd > ^ > > This file controls the lcd on the front of my box. I can print text to > the lcd like so: > #echo "foo" >/dev/lcd
This file is a character device with major 10 and minor 156. > > I just put Debian on this box and now that file looks like this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -ld /dev/lcd > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3 Jan 1 06:45 /dev/lcd > ^ > Notice that there's no type and, you guessed it, the lcd doesn't work. > > Any ideas how to change this file back to type "c"? This file is just, well: a file. You can remove this file read info mknod and $ mknod --mode=644 /dev/lcd c 10 156 hth, Matthias -- Matthias Richter --+- stud. soz. & inf. -+-- http://www.uni-leipzig.de --> GPG Public Key: http://www.matthias-richter.de/gpg.ascii <--
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