Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:38:21 -0500 From: Jim Durham <durham@jcdurham.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: CUPS on 5.1-Release, No Parallel port ?? Message-ID: <200311012038.21092.durham@jcdurham.com>
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I was just trying to install a parallel printer on my 5.1-RELEASE system to use with CUPS. The Printer is an HP-5L plugged into the parallel port. lpinfo -v show no parallel port device. ppc0 *does* show up in dmesg and there is /dev/lpt0 in the devfs. Also, there is no parallel port choice in the cups config screen. On my 4.9-RELEASE server, with an HP-6L plugged into the parallel port, lpinfo -v shows "direct parallel /dev/lpt0" . Cups works fine.there. I also looked on my laptop, running 5.1-RELEASE and the same thing is true, lpinfo -v shows no parallel port. Looking in dmesg on the 4.9 system, the printer is identified by name but not on the 5.1 system. Another curiosity....I have /etc/devfs.conf set up to do rules for /dev/acd0 and /dev/pass0 to chmod them to 666. I also set this up for /dev/lpt0 and it does not work, the port remains 600. Maybe this is a clue? I Googled for this for quite some time and, although I saw others with the same problem, there were no answers and I can't find a bug report. Any ideas? Thanks, -- -Jim
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