On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 20:42 -0700, James McKenzie wrote: > Clarification: Make sure that you have read/write access to /dev/lp0. > lp0 probably is owned by lp or something like it. This device is > usually set to: > > rw-rw---- which means that you have two choices: > > 1. Change the mode of the device by typing in > > chmod o+rw lp0 > > 2. Adding your login to the lp group. > > How to do that is a linux forum question and has been discussed in other > threads on this forum. > Search for discussions about handling events from multi-function joysticks. The same choices and ways of setting the permissions will work for parallel ports.
