Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:20:02 +0200 From: Jona Joachim <jaj13@web.de> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cups 1.2.2 and parallel port printers Message-ID: <45001C82.30200@web.de> In-Reply-To: <17664.5027.243777.190581@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20060907121906.71wgo7l4zegws08o@webmail.frontiernet.net> <17664.5027.243777.190581@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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Robert Huff wrote: > rance@frontiernet.net writes: > >> anybody seen this behavior before? or have a clue? > > I don't know if this is your problem, but I have seen similar > issues. > _In my case_, CUPS as ported does not like the permissions on > /dev/lpt0*. They default to "crw-------"; setting them to > "crw-rw-rw-" makes the parallel printer appear. > There should be a way to tall devfs to change those permissions > automatically, but I haven't been able to figure it out. You have to specify perm lpt0 0666 in /etc/devfs.conf --jona
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