Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 00:10:01 -0700 (PDT) From: kristopher <kzentner@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: lptest gives "device not configured" (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905070009430.299-100000@gabrielle.u.washington.edu>
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If anyone can help me on this I will be very grateful as this has
frustrated me to no end today (I've even resorted to taking my system
apart to make sure the lpt port is plugged in correctly).
version: FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE #28 (I made world today to see if that would
fix anything)
what's in my kernel file:
device ppc0 at isa? port? tty irq 7
controller ppbus0
device nlpt0 at ppbus?
what dmesg says:
ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa
ppc0: Winbond chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppb0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP
Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:
ppbus0: <HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 540> MLC,PCL,PML
what happens when I print something using lpr:
gabrielle# lpr -Ppenelope resume
gabrielle# lpq
waiting for lp to become ready (offline?)
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1st root 128 resume 3403 bytes
okay then I try lptest:
gabrielle# lptest > /dev/lpt0
/dev/lpt0: Device not configured.
Trying to remake the device using MAKEDEV doesn't do anything helpful. I'm
pretty certain that the device isn't supposed to be nlpt0. To make sure
the printer itself isn't broken I tried printing a test page in Win95
which works. This system *used* to print before. I just have no idea why
it doesn't want to now. I've omitted my printcap because I know lptest
doesn't use it and that should at least work. Any suggestions, or words of
enlightenment are very much appreciated.
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