begin dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:10:47PM -0700, David Smead wrote: > | > | I'm apparently missing a driver. > | > | knuth:~# lpq > ... > | Status: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device' > > | ----------------- > | > | knuth:~# ls -l /dev/lp0 > | crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Jun 13 2001 /dev/lp0 > > This is meaningless. (well, all it means is you have an inode named > "lp0". You've got lots of inodes in /dev that you don't have hardware > for)
meaningless? the major and minor numbers are correct. the kernel certainly knows what major number 6 is. the parport driver (if present) knows what minor number 0 is. doesn't matter what you call the *file*. it's the major and minor numbers which matter. > If you use devfs this becomes meaningful (the file won't exist > unless the device and driver do). maybe. maybe not. depends on how devfsd is configured, doesn't it? p -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
