From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 17 13:54:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D26F156A3 for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 13:54:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02664; Mon, 17 May 1999 13:54:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 13:54:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Pedram Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lpt0 problems In-Reply-To: <19990516015723.17830.rocketmail@web126.yahoomail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 15 May 1999, Pedram wrote: > I can't send data to /dev/lpt0; it's in the kernel and > shows up during the boot sequence with all of the > default settings. > e.g., 'lptest > /dev/lpt0' hangs on the first attemp > and results in a 'device busy' message on subsequent > attemps. > Any ideas? > Try throwing the port into polled mode with lptcontrol. lptcontrol -u 1 -p Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message