On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 08:02:46PM +0200, robert hoedicke wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > I am trying to connect an Epson Stylus Photo 1290 printer to > stable potato with kenel 2.2.18pre21. I have compiled the kernel > with usb and usb-printer support. The only documentation on usb > I could find came with the kernel sources. There is some talk of > /dev/usb and /dev/ttyUSB, but neither exist on my system. MAKEDEV > makes no mention of usb. > > How do I create the appropriate devices?
You need something like: $ ls -l /dev/usb/lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 Mar 8 01:02 /dev/usb/lp0 so use something like (NOT TESTED, I'M A NITWIT, SO YOUR ON YOUR OWN): # mkdir /dev/usb # mknod /dev/usb/lp0 -m=o,g+rw c 180 0 # chgr lp /dev/usb/lp0 > Please respond to my personal address, after receiving 193 messages > I have immediately unsubscribed from this mailing list again. done -- groetjes, carel
