[PLUG] USB and /dev/usb/lp0

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Bill Spears wrote:

> OK, I have Woody up and running, and now I'd like to get a printer working.
> I thought I'd give a USB printer a chance.
>
> I've done the following to isolate the problem:
> #cat tempfile > /dev/usb/lp0
> gives: No such device
>
> I've given the command:
> #modprobe usb-ohci
> and checked with
> #lsmod
> to find that both
>  usb-ohci
>  usbcore
> are loaded.
>
> I don't know what to try next.

It's been a few months since I setup my USB printer (also under woody),
but one question comes to mind, is the USB printer driver (coincidentally
named "printer" :-) installed?

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