Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:15:53 -0400 From: "Jeffrey San Diego" <j.sandiego@prodigy.net> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;@pimout3-int.prodigy.net;> Subject: What shall I use? lpt or nlpt? Message-ID: <000a01bfabac$fe382440$f553fd3f@penguin>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BFAB8B.5693E4C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Whe I first installed FreeBSD 3.1, the kernel was using lpt0 as the = parallel output port. I tried to send a test print using lptest > = /dev/lpt0 and it only gave "cannot create /dev/lpt0: no such device or = addresses". I checked the device and it's there. I looked inside my LINT = file and the entries for the parallel port are as follows: controller ppbus0 device nlpt0 at ppbus? controller ppc0 at isa? port ? tty irq 7 I appended "vector lptintr" on the last line to my FREEBIE config file. = When I recompiled and rebooted, the kernel was able to recognize my HP = 722C printer. "dmesg | grep lpt" showed the lpt devices available: lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa lpt0: Interrupt driven port lpt-265486244: this driver is deprecated; use ppbus instead I saw this last line in LINT instructing to use nlpt0 instead of lpt0. = There's no /dev/nlpt0. Again, nothing happened when I did this: "lptest > /dev/lpt0". In /dev, = I tried to ./MAKEDEV nlpt0 but it said "no such device". Being = desperate, I tried to link /dev/lpt0 to /dev/nlpt0 to see if I can get = something out to my printer and again, nothing happened. What's wrong? ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BFAB8B.5693E4C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Futura Bk BT" size=3D2>Whe I first installed FreeBSD = 3.1, the=20 kernel was using lpt0 as the parallel output port. I tried to send a = test print=20 using lptest > /dev/lpt0 and it only gave "cannot create /dev/lpt0: = no such=20 device or addresses". I checked the device and it's there. I looked = inside my=20 LINT file and the entries for the parallel port are as = follows:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Futura Bk BT" size=3D2>controller ppbus0</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Futura Bk BT" size=3D2>device nlpt0 at = ppbus?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Futura Bk BT" size=3D2>controller ppc0 at isa? port ? = tty irq=20 7</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Futura Bk BT" size=3D2>I appended "vector = lptintr" on the=20 last line to my FREEBIE config file. When I recompiled and = rebooted, the=20 kernel was able to recognize my HP 722C printer. "dmesg | grep lpt" = showed the=20 lpt devices available:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Futura Bk BT" size=3D2>lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on=20 isa</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Futura Bk BT" size=3D2>lpt0: Interrupt driven = port</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Futura Bk BT" size=3D2>lpt-265486244: this driver is = deprecated;=20 use ppbus instead</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Futura Bk BT" size=3D2>I saw this last line in LINT = instructing=20 to use nlpt0 instead of lpt0. There's no /dev/nlpt0.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Futura Bk BT" size=3D2>Again, nothing happened when I = did this:=20 "lptest > /dev/lpt0". In /dev, I tried to ./MAKEDEV nlpt0 but it said = "no=20 such device". Being desperate, I tried to link /dev/lpt0 to = /dev/nlpt0 to=20 see if I can get something out to my printer and again, nothing = happened. What's=20 wrong?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BFAB8B.5693E4C0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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