From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 8 23:36: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4673E15521 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 23:36:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.11 #1) id 11vy74-000Auo-00; Thu, 09 Dec 1999 09:35:42 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! Simple printer problem becomes a major documentation beef. In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 08 Dec 1999 18:59:21 PST." <3068.944708361@monkeys.com> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 09:35:42 +0200 Message-ID: <41961.944724942@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 08 Dec 1999 18:59:21 PST, "Ronald F. Guilmette" wrote: > I mean geeezzz! I only want to cat a bleedin' Postscript file to my > bleedin' Postscript printer fer cryin' out loud! Why can't I just > do that? Why does life have to be so complicated? Why can Linux, > straight- out-of-the-box, do this but FreeBSD (with a mostly GENERIC > kernel) can't? Why must you insist on operating on a lower level than is necessary? just bite the bullet and use lpr. It's really not that much effort. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message