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Re: USB printer difficulties
Thanks Rod. Just a question though, wht the heck are major/minor numbers?!?
Sarah
----- Original Message -----
From: "rod" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: USB printer difficulties
> I did some digging but didn't come up with much. For some reason
> libranet didn't set up usb devices. Makedev will make the new device but
> I haven't been able to find out how to set up the major/minor numbers.
> Maybe it just asks you for them. I checked the corel linux install I
> have on another machine and the major number is 180; minor number 0.
> Just guessing on the minor number. In midnight commander (mc) the
> devices in /dev list under the size column number,number so I guess
> these are the major,minor numbers. You could cd to the /dev directory
> and ./makedev usblp (as root of course). You need the ./ as /dev is not
> in your executables path.
>
> I have no good (as understandable) documentation on my machine regarding
> makedev. Nothing of use in a redhat 7.2 manual I have either.
>
> Rod
>
> [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > Hi All!
> >
> > I have been trying to get my HP DeskJet 812C operational but I am at an
> > impasse. The two configuring tools in adminmenu do not have any specific
> > drivers, turboprint does and is very easy to use. However, I think that
it
> > boild down to USB kernel support. I thought that the LibraNet kernel
> > supported USB printers? If I go to my /dev directory there are no usb
devs at
> > all! If I take a look at my system info my USB ports are recognized
(UHCI USB
> > x2). My printer is attached and on so what is my problem? How can I get
this
> > printer going? All help is most welcome!
> >
> > Sarah
> >
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