Re: [avr-chat] linux parallel device

[Chris Bare]

> Chris Bare wrote:
> > Can anyone give me any pointers on how to set up the parallel port for use
> > with avrdude under linux 2.6.15?
> > I've got the parport_pc and parport modules loaded, but I don't have a
> > /dev/parport0 device. I do have a /dev/par0, but if I try to use it with
> > avrdude, I get:
> > avrdude: can't open device "/dev/par0": No such device or address
> > avrdude: failed to open parallel port "/dev/par0"
> > 
> > I've made sure the parallel port is enabled in bios, and tried all the
> > different settings available there. Do I need to do a mknod manually? I was
> > assuming that devfs or the driver would create the /dev entry (I still find
> > all that stuff a bit mysterious)
> 
> Try /dev/lp0
> 

Same error:

oberon demo # avrdude -p m32 -c stk200 -P /dev/lp0 -U flash:r:orig.hex:i
avrdude: can't open device "/dev/lp0": No such device or address
avrdude: failed to open parallel port "/dev/lp0"

oberon demo # ls -l /dev/lp0
crw-rw----  1 root lp 6, 0 Feb 11  2004 /dev/lp0

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Chris Bare
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