Re: /dev/lp0: cannot create error
From: Ian Wilson (scobloke2_at_infotop.co.uk)
Date: 10/18/05
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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:17:00 +0000 (UTC)
Gregg P. wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a problem on a SCO box;
SCO has sold many different operating systems - Which one?
uname -a
> it suddenly stopped printing and gets an
> error when I try to send something to
> /dev/lp0 ( /dev/lp0: cannot create).
Presumably there is no /dev/lp0 device?
ls -l /dev/lp0
> I have verified that the printer and
> cables work;
How?
> I tried to remove and recreate the
> parallel device using 'mkdev parallel'; still a no go.
Any error messages?
Any devices created in /dev?
> I was also wondering how I can tell if the parallel device is really being
> added to the kernel.
on OSR5:
grep parallel /usr/adm/messages
%parallel 0x03BC-0x03BE 7 - unit=0
You'll get one such line for each reboot.
> When I do a 'hwconfig' I DON'T see a parallel device.
> Any help is very much appreciated.
It is possibly to destroy parallel ports by plugging in the cable
without powering down both server and printer first. I've done this
exactly once :-)
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