From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 15:59:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0801316A41F for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:59:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stanley.jobson@gmx.ch) Received: from sigma.informatik.hu-berlin.de (sigma.informatik.hu-berlin.de [141.20.20.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AA6043D53 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:59:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stanley.jobson@gmx.ch) Received: from tyrael.linnet (p54BCC19B.dip.t-dialin.net [84.188.193.155]) (authenticated bits=0) by sigma.informatik.hu-berlin.de (8.13.4+Sun/8.13.4/INF-2.0-MA-SOLARIS-2.10) with ESMTP id j8RFwX9K009888; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:58:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:57:04 +0200 From: stanley jobson To: Torfinn Ingolfsen Message-Id: <20050927175704.24f6d668.stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> In-Reply-To: <20050927172753.09042e75.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20050924180909.78a29487.stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> <200509252330.05256.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20050925181238.6bfe01fb.stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> <200509260849.50510.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20050927102636.22f39e53.stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> <20050927172753.09042e75.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Status: No (sigma) X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50, RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL,RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.0.4 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on rabe Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpt0 always busy X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:59:05 -0000 > > > > its a canon lbp 460 - ugly gdi printer :) > > Aha, that explains wy it will not work. see this: > http://linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-LBP-460 > > the printer can print ascii text at all, it is a raster-only win* gdi > printer. It is the driver who does all the work. i know that this printer will never work with fbsd or even linux so i hoped i could setup a qemu with win98 and just passing lpt0 throu ... but unfort. this does not work :( what i need is a possibility to give qemu/vmware access to lpt0 without any checking done by fbsd thx, regards, stan