On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:01:41 +0200 capsel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So the problem is : > > When RC_DEVICE_TARBALL="no" there is no lp0 and sometimes hdc, it > doesn't depend on cd/dvd disc inside my dvd, or on if my printer is > set to "on"/"off" > On a properly operating system, /dev/lp0 will be created if the printer is on at boot - parallel port or usb, or when the printer is turned on - usb. Parallel port will not always create a printer if it's turned on after the system. Not seeing the CDrom/DVD drive every boot indicates some faulty hardware - bad cable, bad connector, dieing southbridge. Given that the printer is also a southbridge device, I'd suggest having recent backups of your hard drive and be prepared for hardware replacement. > I haven't ever touched any udev rules and my system (gentoo) worked > for more than year (till about two days ago). It is not new or exotic > hardware, and I think this is not fault of hardware at all. > So AFAIK the "error" does not depend on RC_DEVICE_TARBALL, hardware, > kernel (gentoo-sources, vanilla-sources)... > It's sounding like hardware to me. It would benefit you to check dmesg on every boot to see what is discovered during boot up. If the hardware isn't discovered, then udev won't create a node for it. Bob - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
