Date: 25 May 2002 22:01:55 +0100 From: "S. Roberts" <sroberts@dsl.pipex.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Setting up parallel printer, no lptN in dmesg Message-ID: <1022360516.301.37.camel@Demon.Strobe.org>
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Hello,
I'm trying to get an old HP Deskjet 820Cxi printer to work here at
home. In following ch. 11 of the Handbook I got to the software set uo
section where you have to check to see if the kernel supports the
parallel port interface by checking dmesg. Here's what I get:
# dmesg | grep ppc0
ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
# dmesg | grep ppbus
# dmesg | grep lpt*
grep: No match.
# dmesg | grep lpt0
#=20
What's the message: "ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range" mean? From
what the handbook says I need all three to be configured in order to get
parallel printing to work with FreeBSD.
Here's what's actually in the Kernel for the parallel port section:
# Parallel port
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
Not knowing (or paying attention at system install time some time ago)
about any of this, I had made the devices seen here:
# ls -la /dev/lpt*
crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 0 Apr 30 23:30 /dev/lpt0
crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 1 Apr 27 12:27 /dev/lpt1
crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 2 Apr 27 12:27 /dev/lpt2
#=20
Needless to say, the following bits of getting printing in the Handbook
will work:
# lptcontrol -i -d lpt0
lptcontrol: open: No such file or directory
# lptcontrol -p -d lpt0
lptcontrol: open: No such file or directory
#=20
# lptest > /dev/lpt0
/dev/lpt0: Device not configured.
#=20
Please help if anyone can!
Thanks,
Stacey
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Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science
Network Systems Engineer
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Hello,
I'm trying to get an old HP Deskjet 820Cxi printer to work here at
home. In following ch. 11 of the Handbook I got to the software set uo
section where you have to check to see if the kernel supports the
parallel port interface by checking dmesg. Here's what I get:
# dmesg | grep ppc0
ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
# dmesg | grep ppbus
# dmesg | grep lpt*
grep: No match.
# dmesg | grep lpt0
#=20
What's the message: "ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range" mean? From
what the handbook says I need all three to be configured in order to get
parallel printing to work with FreeBSD.
Here's what's actually in the Kernel for the parallel port section:
# Parallel port
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
Not knowing (or paying attention at system install time some time ago)
about any of this, I had made the devices seen here:
# ls -la /dev/lpt*
crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 0 Apr 30 23:30 /dev/lpt0
crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 1 Apr 27 12:27 /dev/lpt1
crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 2 Apr 27 12:27 /dev/lpt2
#=20
Needless to say, the following bits of getting printing in the Handbook
will work:
# lptcontrol -i -d lpt0
lptcontrol: open: No such file or directory
# lptcontrol -p -d lpt0
lptcontrol: open: No such file or directory
#=20
# lptest > /dev/lpt0
/dev/lpt0: Device not configured.
#=20
Please help if anyone can!
Thanks,
Stacey
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Stacey Roberts B.Sc. (HONS) Computer Science
Network Systems Engineer
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