From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Oct 2 11:22:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (mta06-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D9DC37B503 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 11:22:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parish ([62.253.85.160]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20001002182220.EMQT19246.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@parish>; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 19:22:20 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e92IMBf02198; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 19:22:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 19:22:06 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Gary Kline Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP500 deskjet and 4.X Message-ID: <20001002192206.H252@parish> References: <200010020111.e921BT301611@thought.org> <20001002184845.F252@parish> <20001002111434.A12622@tao.thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001002111434.A12622@tao.thought.org>; from kline@thought.org on Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 11:14:34AM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 11:14:34AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 06:48:45PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 06:11:28PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > Unless there are other causes -- like bizarre side-effects from > > > interrupts -- or something even further out, I'm guessing that > > > the reason my deskjet has stopped working recently (in FreeBSD-4.1) > > > is a driver or configuration problem. > > > > > > There were a few postings on -stable not too many weeks back, but > > > I can't find them in the archives. > > > > > > Here is the related dmesg output: > > > > > > ppc0: at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 > > > ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode > > > plip0: on ppbus0 > > > lpt0: on ppbus0 > > > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > > > ppi0: on ppbus0 > > > > > > I have changed nothing in my KERNEL file from the GENERIC setup; > > > can anybody tell me what needs doing to get my old DeskJet-500 > > > back to working? > > > > > > > Are you sure? I don't see ppbus. Here's mine. IIRC the only time I _don't_ > > see ppbus is if the printer is switched off when I boot (although I can't > > be 100% sure; it may report ppbus but, obviously, not the printer's ID > > string). > > > > > > ppc0: at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 > > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode > > ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP > > Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: > > ppbus0: MLC,PCL,PML > > lpt0: on ppbus0 > > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > > ppi0: on ppbus0 > > plip0: on ppbus0 > > > > I'm not 100% sure of many things, but here is what > is in my KERNEL file related to the printer port: > > # 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 > > > The ppbus code probably can't tell much about > an old DeskJet--that's my hand-waving SWAG;). > For now, since I believe the DJ works--it works Huh? I thought you said it *doesn't'* work? > with a simple ASCII file, I haven't tried anything > fancy-- I'm happy. > Well, if you ever want to try something fancy (like printing PS) there's some info on setting up WP8 and SO5.1 (using ghostscript) at http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/printer.html (links at the bottom of the page). HTH > > gary > > > > > > > -- > Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message