From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 20 17:02:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97B8A16A4CE for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 17:02:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [65.173.111.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C28B43D41 for ; Thu, 20 May 2004 17:02:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4L02XuF011646; Thu, 20 May 2004 18:02:33 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i4L02X14011643; Thu, 20 May 2004 18:02:33 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 18:02:33 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Donald Szatkowski In-Reply-To: <200405201304.44184.deltaski@verizon.net> Message-ID: <20040520175604.Y11587@wonkity.com> References: <200405201304.44184.deltaski@verizon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Parallel Printer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 00:02:34 -0000 On Thu, 20 May 2004, Donald Szatkowski wrote: > I have installed FreeBSD 4.10r2 and am having trouble with the printer setup. > This is on and OLD Gateway P5-100, 128mb ram (yah-100Mhz!). This should be fine. > It is a direct connect to the parallel port. My main source document > is the FreeBSD Handbook, 2nd ed. and the online Handbook @ > FreeBSD.org. I have the necc. files as directed by Chapter 11, but am > still having problems. (/etc/printcap, /dev/lpt0, etc). When I test > with #lptest >/dev/lpt0, I get nothing. Some printers are not capable of printing plain text. You do not mention which printer you have. > My initial install selection was for parallel printing. And checking > rc.conf shows "lpd="YES". It should be lpd_enable="YES". > When I "#grep ppc0 /var/run/dmesg.boot" I get the message, "can not > reserve input output range". When I"#dmesg | grep lpt0" I get the > message, "lpt0 not configured". These are a problem. Please post the entire, exact lines returned as results of these commands. At this point, I suggest you do not install any additional printing software until you have identified the make and model of printer and sorted out why you are seeing the odd errors above. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA