Peter, On Monday 30 August 2004 05:10, pnunn@pncomputing.biz wrote:
Hi folks,
I've recently upgraded from 8.2 to 9.1 and have run into all sorts of problems with printers.
I've given up on cups, but I now think its a hardware issue not a cups issue anyway and am wondering if anyone can tell me why my lp ports are as follows.
server:/home/pnunn # ls -l /dev/lp* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 2004-08-30 21:56 /dev/lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 1 2004-04-06 23:27 /dev/lp1 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 2 2004-04-06 23:27 /dev/lp2
Why would lp0 not be crw?
Why ask why, just break down and cry!
Is that why when I try and print, it just vanishes into this air?
Your lp0 is a plain file, not a device file. Sending things there, while not "into thin air," definitely will not result in anything emerging from a printer or any other piece of hardware attached to your system.
If so, how do I change it back to crw?
As root, issue these commands: # cd /dev # rm lp0 # mknod -m 660 lp0 c 6 0 # chgrp lp lp0
Thanks.
Peter Nunn.
Randall Schulz