Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 17:52:22 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Richard E. Hawkins" <dochawk@psu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bringing the printer to life Message-ID: <14969.63158.685281.115880@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <11308926@toto.iv>
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Richard E. Hawkins <dochawk@psu.edu> types: > It's a plain old run of the mill hp 4p on the parallel port. It > was working yesterday with linux. > > Actually, I'm wondering if the handbook is out of sync. Seems likely. > I've remade the device (which seemed unnecessary), and I've tried > lptctl (which I've never needed to use in past installs. > > The manual says to > > >1.Type: > > > # lptcontrol -i -u N > > > to set interrupt-driven mode for lptN. > > but I get: > > fac13ttyp3:/dev>lptcontrol -i -u 0 > lptcontrol: illegal option -- u > usage: lptcontrol -i | -p | -s | -e [-d device] > > Is there a more recent manual, or am I missing hte obvious again? Well, "man lptcontrol" should provide the documentation on lptcontrol you want. Given what I have, you need to do "lptcontrol -i -d /dev/lpt0". Seems that lptcontrol had to learn about printers on devices other than lpt. Could you submit a PR on this one? Especially if you try the above, and it works. Thanx, <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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