Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 09:31:47 -0500 From: Ben Timby <asp@webexc.com> To: Donald Szatkowski <deltaski@verizon.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parallel Printer Problem Message-ID: <40C71F53.9020706@webexc.com> In-Reply-To: <200406070741.51973.deltaski@verizon.net> References: <200406070741.51973.deltaski@verizon.net>
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My first thought is to check your BIOS, and try enabling/disabling any "auto config" features associated with this port. In my experience, ppc0 *just works*. However, I did a google groups search, and I found some threads describing your problem, and providing solutions along these lines. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ppc0%3A%20cannot%20reserve%20I%2FO%20port%20range&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wg Good luck! Donald Szatkowski wrote: > Thank you for considering my question. > > I am having trouble getting a direct parallel port printer to work. I have > narrowed the problem down to the initial boot process, but am unable to > resolve the problem of no printer port. The problem is that the parallel port > fails to initialize at startup. > > #uname -a > FreeBSD bsd4_10.maingear.com 4.10-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE #0: > Tue May 25 22:47?12 GMT 2004 > root@perseus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > #dmesg: > Copyright (c) 1979,1980,1983,1986,1988,1989,1991,1992,1993,1994 > The Regents of the University of California, All rights reserved. > FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE #0: Tue May 25 22:47:12 GMT 2004 > root@perseus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CPU: Pentium/P54C (99.47-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin= "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x525 Stepping = 5 > Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8> > real memory = 134217728 (131072K bytes) > avail memory = 125169664 (122236K bytes) > Intel Pentium detected, installing workaround for F00F bug > md0: Malloc disk > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > pcib0: <Host to PCI Bridge> on motherboard > pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 > isab0: <Intel 82371FB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 > isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 > atapci0: <Intel PIIX ATA controller> port 0xffa0-0xffaf at device 7.1 on pci0 > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > pci0: <S3 Trio graphics accelerator> at 14.0 irq 9 > dc0: <AEMtek AN985 10/100BaseTX> port 0xfc00-0xfcff mem 0xffbeec00-oxffbeefff > irq 10 at device 15.0 on pci0 > dc0: Ethernet address: 00:20:78:1e:be:f7 > miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0 > ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0 > ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xed000, 0xed000-0xedfff on isa0 > pmtimer0 on isa0 > fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irrq 6 drq 2 on isa0 > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 > atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0 > psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0 > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 > sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 > sio0: type 16550A > sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff issq 3 on isa0 > sio1: type 16550A > ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range > ad0: 58644MB <Maxtor 6Y060L0> [119150/16/63] at ata0-master WDMA2 > acd0: CDROM <SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-140> at ata1-master PIO4 > mounting root from ufs:ad0s1a > # > > The following is info from Windows98 system report: > IRQ usage summary: > 07 - Printer port (LPT1) > I/O port usage summary: > 03BCh-03BFh - Printer port (LPT1) > > The following was attempted: > # /dev/MAKEDEV lpt0 > # dmesg | grep lpt0 > no response, just returned to root cursor > # > > ALSO: > #dmesg:Boot > ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range > > From the dmesg at boot, it is obvious that the ppc0 cannot reserve I/O range > needed for the parallel port. My problem is , I don't know what to do NOW!!!! > I can find no reference in the Handbook or in FAQ's that address my problem. > Can anyone assist in getting this printer to work? > > by the way, printer works fine with 98. > > Thanks in advance > > Donald Szatkowski > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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