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Re: lost email :(
Thank you Rod!!!!! I was almost sure that I had hard copied this before
deleting it but I couldn't find it in my mountain of printed stuff:-(
Again thank you!!!!!
On Saturday 26 January 2002 17:56, rod wrote:
> Sarah
>
> Good thing I kept some of your emails for future reference. Here's part
> of the one you sent regarding setting up your printer.
>
> Rod
>
> ********************
>
> As root:
>
> mkdir /dev/usb
>
> then I had to create the device by:
>
> mknod /dev/usblp0 c 180 0
>
> (I did do mknod /dev/usb/lp0 c 180 0 first and that didn't work but then
> I noticed that turboprint listed the device as /dev/usblp0 so I changed
> it) The c 180 0 created the major/minor numbers for my printer, which
> you can obtain from turboprint (and I am sure other places as well).
>
> I then went back to turboprint and removed my old configuration. I then
> entered it again, chose to print a test page and it worked!
>
> So if you are using this program or setting up any printer be sure to
> check that you have the proper CONFIG_xx_PRINTER=y file to make sure
> that your kernel has been compiled with the support. If you have no luck
> with setting up your printer then check to see if the necessary /dev's
> exist as it would seem that, by default, some are not installed
> automatically.
>
> Sarah
>
> ********************************
> End of snip from your own email.
>
> Sarah Hay wrote:
> > I while back I was trying to get my USB printer running on libranet. In
> > the end I had to create the /dev and node for it. I thought that I had
> > printed a hard copy of that process but it appears that I did not. If any
> > one has a record of that somewhere I would be most pleased if you could
> > forward a copy to me.
> >
> > Sarah
> >
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