Re: [PARPORT] lp has gone

From: John Batistic (johnbat@ihug.co.nz)
Date: Sat Sep 01 2001 - 05:40:34 EDT

  • Next message: Clemens Kirchgatterer: "Re: [PARPORT] lp has gone"

    On Sat, 01 Sep 2001 10:13:57 +0200
    Clemens Kirchgatterer <clemens@root.at> wrote:

    > John Batistic wrote:
    >
    > > However, I have lost lp. I can print using lpr, and I
    > > have /dev/lp0, but programs like WP8 which require lp
    > > can't print.
    > >
    > > Everything I have read says that lp should just be there,
    > > but I can't find it.
    > >
    > > I am guessing that it got taken out in the same way as
    > > ftstab did.
    > >
    > > How do I put it back?
    >
    > mostly lp is only a link to your default parport, to fix it do:
    >
    > cd /dev
    > ln -s lp0 lp
    > cd -
    >
    Thanks Clemens, but that didn't work.

    I had to do a manual efsck to get the machine running before I
    reconfigured the kernel. I don't know how many files are
    missing.

    Any further ideas?

    John Batistic

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