From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 26 18:09:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B576106566C for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:09:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199D18FC14 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:09:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj18 with SMTP id 18so5914740gwj.13 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:09:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=COr4Pap8d+IudiKNfTEnBTq7uZ0/G7SgvZsuljP7Zk4=; b=J0bgvYNpWDvUv5W7szGg6VcNCouEsVaJbTfNVnbc/w40xxlwI4k03U9zX6N9qnHTOY 4FlijJJ78jxFciXdzkZMe2srUWSsM9wCprwzhVxsULsnoeSOEefkDcEZJL8o7l25hXFr S5sVFL5mhwT4r60+Q+zfHackzHNuQCOVPZzd4= Received: by 10.42.29.68 with SMTP id q4mr7893484icc.99.1317060550133; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:09:10 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.35.194 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:08:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110926082753.567FB106566C@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110926082753.567FB106566C@hub.freebsd.org> From: Chris Rees Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:08:40 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: NMIgdgqI7MXB9G9oRhA66KdwtH4 Message-ID: To: Thomas Mueller Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Michael Holmes , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Options for emulators/wine? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:09:11 -0000 On 26 September 2011 09:27, Thomas Mueller wrot= e: > from Michael Holmes : > >> HAL shouldn't be necessary, but you might need to manually set up >> CUPS. Winemaker is just a tool for building open-source Windows apps >> on Wine with ease. There are a few GUI tools to set up CUPS, but if I >> recall correctly, the web interface to CUPS is pretty >> self-explanatory. HP do have a nice GUI called HPLIP for utilising >> their printers on Linux (and ported to FreeBSD) available on ports as >> print/hplip, but it doesn't work with the GENERIC console config, and >> seems to be quite awkward to set up (you apparently cannot load USB >> mass storage until the printer is 'adopted' by the generic USB stack). > > I don't know what you mean by "adopted" (by the generic USB stack): seems= mystic to me. Some rather strange printers will be recognised by umass before ugen recognises them; you have to plug it in before umass is loaded or it becomes a mass storage device. > CUPS would be necessary to setup printing for BSD and Linux, but would it= be necessary when using Wine and going the MS-Windows way? I'm not sure that the Windows printer stack is included in Wine, why would you rather do that than use CUPS? The gutenprint drivers are often of a higher quality than the manufacturer's provided ones, and they install less trash. > Package message said that ulpt had to be turned off in kernel config and = not loaded as a module. > > On the older computer, I tried unsuccessfully to setup the printer last J= une 29 from both NetBSD and FreeBSD, using hplip in both cases. =A0Predomin= ant message was "No devices found". > > NetBSD pkgsrc had only an outdated hpijs, but pkgsrc-wip (http://pkgsrc-w= ip.sourceforge.net/) had hplip. =A0Message said also to disable umass, but = that was too harsh, and prevented recognizing USB sticks. As mentioned before, disable umass, and once the printer has been recognise reload umass. > Would Linux offer a better chance with hplip than BSD? =A0I tried also wi= th Linux (Slackware 13.0), but hplip version was behind, and that failed. > > There is also the Ethernet option with the printer, but I need an Etherne= t switch or additional router for that, which I intend to order. > > First attempt to build hplip on the new computer failed due to libieee128= 4 dependency being for i386 only. =A0Subsequently I turned off that option = after finding it was for parallel-port scanners only, not USB. > CUPS almost always makes things printer-related a million times easier. Don't forget it's the main printing system in the modern Macs-- Apple manage to make it work with almost anything! Chris