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Date:      Tue, 30 May 2000 13:04:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mahlon Smith <reich@internetcds.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /dev/lpt0 busy
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005301303140.87421-100000@martini.office.cdsnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005300951340.70622-100000@martini.office.cdsnet.net>

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Forgot my printcap output.
No errors to /var/log/lpd-errs, btw.


lp|Laserwriter|Apple Laserwriter 360:\
        :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
        sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\
        lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:


--
Mahlon Smith
InternetCDS
http://www.internetcds.com



On Tue, 30 May 2000, Mahlon Smith wrote:

> 
> I've searched through the mailing list archives to no avail.  It seems
> that a few others were having the same problem, but I was unable to locate
> a solution that addresses my problem.
> 
> I am unable to print.  Jobs are spooled successfully, but they just sit
> there.  lpd thinks the printer is offline.  (Apple Laserwriter 360.)
> The printer and cable work perfectly from windows and macintosh.
> 
> Tried changing the port to polled vs. interrupt, can't do it since the
> device is busy.
> 
> I am out of ideas.   
> Relevant info below, help, as always, is appreciated.
> 
> 
> -Mahlon
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> dmesg stuff:
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> 
> 
> lpc> status all
> lp:
>         queuing is enabled
>         printing is enabled
>         2 entries in spool area
>         waiting for lp to become ready (offline?)
> 
> 
> router# cat > /dev/lpt0
> /dev/lpt0: Device busy.
> 
> 
> router# lptcontrol -p
> lptcontrol: open: Device busy
> 
> 
> router# pwd
> /var/spool/output
> router# ls -lR
> total 2
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root  daemon  512 May  5  1997 lpd
> -rw-rw-r--  1 root  daemon    5 May 30 01:18 lpd.lock
> ./lpd:
> total 7
> -rw-r----x  1 root    daemon    4 May  5  1997 .seq
> -rw-rw----  1 daemon  daemon  110 May  5  1997 cfA000router.[hostname]
> -rw-rw----  1 daemon  daemon  110 May  5  1997 cfA001router.[hostname]
> -rw-rw----  1 root    daemon   15 May  5  1997 dfA000router.[hostname]
> -rw-rw----  1 root    daemon  553 May  5  1997 dfA001router.[hostname]
> -rw-rw-r--  1 root    daemon    5 May 30 01:18 lock
> -rw-rw-r--  1 root    daemon   42 May 30 01:18 status
> 
> 
> router# ps aux | grep lpd
> root    2180  0.0  0.2   264  144  p0  R+   10:00AM   0:00.00 grep lpd
> root    1771  0.0  1.1   888  664  ??  Is    1:18AM   0:00.01 lpd
> root    1772  0.0  1.1   888  676  ??  S     1:18AM   0:00.35 lpd
> 
> --
> Mahlon Smith
> InternetCDS
> http://www.internetcds.com
> 
> 
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