From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 4 11:32:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CFD637B401 for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:32:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from sisyphus2 ([12.72.161.8]) by mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.10 201-229-121-110) with SMTP id <20010204193240.HLN29713.mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net@sisyphus2> for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2001 19:32:40 +0000 Message-ID: <04cc01c08ee1$49f5b880$08a1480c@sisyphus2> Reply-To: "3Phase" From: "3Phase" To: References: <20010129213540.B392@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> Subject: Re: Printer gone ga-ga? Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 01:49:02 -0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Odhiambo Washington" To: "FBSD-Q" Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 10:35 AM Subject: Printer gone ga-ga? > I have an HP Deskjet 895Cxi on my lpt1. > It is printing without intervention (I mean even when when I've not > sent a job) - it prints only a 0 and ejects the page. > The kernel cofig file says: > > device ppc0 at isa? irq 7 > device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) > device lpt # Printer > device plip # TCP/IP over parallel > device ppi # Parallel port interface device > device vpo # Requires scbus and da > > Am I to blame for being ignorant or something?? > Where are you sending the system sweeps and logs that show changes in files? If a change in (foo) is always zero you're logging something that hasn't changed and the result is pointed at your printer instead of a file. Either that or someone/something is sending you formfeeds. I've had numerous hits on my firewall aimed at the internet print port. Do you really need plip? -3P To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message