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Date:      Wed, 07 Jun 1995 13:53:04 -0700
From:      Gary Palmer <gpalmer@westhill.cdrom.com>
To:        Jan E Backlund <back0003@gold.tc.umn.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: lpt0 troubles [second post] 
Message-ID:  <27158.802558384@westhill.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Jun 1995 15:37:29 CDT." <Pine.3.89.9506071521.A11342-0100000@gold.tc.umn.edu> 

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In message <Pine.3.89.9506071521.A11342-0100000@gold.tc.umn.edu>, Jan E Backlun
d writes:
>When, as root, I type the command   'cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lpt0' , I 
>get the message "device busy".

You probably have lpd running and claiming this device - try killing
lpd and retrying this - this should cure this problem!

Gary




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