Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 18:35:21 -0500 (EST) From: Saverio Perugini <sperugin@csgrad.cs.vt.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: installing a printer Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0102161826190.6905-100000@csgrad.cs.vt.edu>
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Hello, I am trying to install a printer on lpt0 The following is some info on my system $ uname -a FreeBSD pipe.cs.vt.edu 4.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE #0: Mon Mar 20 22:50:22 GMT 2000 root@monster.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 $ dmesg | grep "lpt" lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port $ ls -l /dev/l* lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 12 Apr 16 2000 /dev/log -> /var/run/log -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 16000 Feb 16 18:02 /dev/lp0 crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 128 Feb 16 17:29 /dev/lpctl0 crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 129 Apr 15 2000 /dev/lpctl1 crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 130 Apr 15 2000 /dev/lpctl2 crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 0 Feb 16 17:29 /dev/lpt0 crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 1 Apr 15 2000 /dev/lpt1 crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 2 Apr 15 2000 /dev/lpt2 $ more /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC # 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 When I try the following, I get errors. $ lptcontrol -i -d /dev/lpt0 lptcontrol: open: Device busy $ lptest > /dev/lpt0 /dev/lpt0: Device busy The printer is on and connected to the system's parallel port properly. Does any one has any troubleshooting recommendations? Thank you. Best, Saverio Perugini email: sperugin@vt.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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