Optional Advanced

LRP Linux kernel has to be recompiled with parallel port and printer module support:
on the machine where you compile the kernel
edit /usr/src/linux/.config
in the "General Setup" section:
CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m

edit /usr/src/linux/.config
in the "Character devices" section:
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_PRINTER_READBACK=y

modify modules.lrp 
add these 3 kernel modules to /lib/modules
parport.o
parport_pc.o
lp.o

root.lrp has to be modified to create parallel ports and lp ports.
add to /var/lib/lrpkg/root.dev.mk
mknod lp0 c 6 0 >null  2>&1
mknod lp1 c 6 1 >null  2>&1
mknod lp2 c 6 2 >null  2>&1

mknod par0  c 6 0 >null 2>&1
mknod par1  c 6 1 >null 2>&1
mknod par2  c 6 2 >null 2>&1

add to /var/lib/lrpkg/root.dev.mod
chmod 666  lp*  >null 2>&1
chmod 640 par* >null 2>&1

etc.lrp  has been modified:
modify  /etc/network.conf  to use static IP address,
modify  /etc/inetd.conf  if you use LPD
modify  /etc/services  if you use LPD

lpd.lrp
/etc/printcap
/etc/hosts.lpd  which has hostname or ip addresses that use this box.

The source code used is p910nd-0.7.tar.gz

modify  p910nd.c   (approximately at line 75)

modify Makefile
comment out the line with LIBWRAP
un-comment the line  above it.
reason: the LRP library does not support tcp wrapper library

Previous code was p910nd-0.4.tar.gz

If the source code is in .tar.bz2, use bunzip2 to decompress it.

© 2002-2007 Nicholas Fong

Last revision date: January 08, 2005