On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:54:26 +0000, in
<slrnbpbla6.hl.jdpNOSPAM@eris.oppresses.us>, Jon Portnoy wrote:
>>> Check /dev/floppy/0 and /dev/printers/0
>>
>> I have '/dev/printers' but nothing in it.
>> I do not have '/dev/floppy' at all.
>>
>> This folders and devices scheme is quite new to me.
>> I cannot associate those acronyms with a parallel port.
>
> In that case, you don't have a floppy driver and parrell port + line
> printer driver built into your kernel (or if you have them as modules
> they're not loaded)
Thank you Jon and Patrick!
Your suggestion that this could be a matter of kernel and devfs was right.
I have read documentation in Gentoo site, kernel documentation and and
some manuals like mknod.
I concluded that those devices are made by kernel and devfs at boot time
and not manually by user.
So i configured again a new gentoo-sources kernel r7 and tried to compile
it. I did something wrong because i could not get display after boot.
I corrected kernel configuration and installed it again and... this time
i have found many new interesting devices in the /dev directory like:
printers/0 lp0 fd0 and other :-)
I have reinstalled my printer and done a successful printing test. I am
glad.
Thank you once again for your helpful suggestions. :-)
PS. Now my Linux Gentoo system is quite usefully set up and configured. I
am impressed by its performance and effectiveness (compared to other
linux distributions). I succeeded to install under Gentoo several
applications that i failed to install in other linux systems despite many
trials and days of frustrating struggle. I admit that it cost much time to
switch to Gentoo from Windows or other linux distribution, but i am very
glad, that i invested that much time and study. The investment was
rewarding. Gentoo is not easy, but worth using.
Thank you the Gentoo people - the team and supporters!
You do exellent job! I wish you more success!
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