Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 00:17:54 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Ilya" <maillist@krel.org>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: printer in bsd Message-ID: <002f01c08db9$cececf20$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <008001c08d91$62c9a390$0100a8c0@ilya>
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Could it be possible that the printer cable is lacking, perhaps some pins are not connected or connected wrong? Sometimes it happens on cheaper printer cables. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ilya > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 7:28 PM > To: Mike Meyer > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: printer in bsd > > > sorry, its FreeBSD 4.2S > I changed kernel to this - exactly from generic: > # Parallel port > device ppc0 at isa? irq 7 > device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) > device lpt # Printer > > this is from boot dmesg: > ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode > > this is in /dev > crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 0 Feb 2 22:27 /dev/lpt0 > crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 1 Feb 2 22:27 /dev/lpt1 > > but lptest gives: > lptest >/dev/lpt0 > bash: /dev/lpt0: Device busy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> > To: "Ilya" <maillist@krel.org> > Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 12:10 PM > Subject: Re: printer in bsd > > > > Ilya <maillist@krel.org> types: > > > Hi. I am trying to use my bubble jet on FreeBSD > > > I recompiled kernel with this info: > > > device ppc0 at isa? irq 7 > > > device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) > > > device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr > > > > > > and during boot I get this: > > > ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 > > > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode > > > > > > nothing about lpt1 > > > > > > any suggestions? > > > > Yes - tell us which version of the OS you're running. For recent > > releases, it's "device lpt", not the thing you have. You can also look > > in the GENERIC config to see how they have lpt0 set up, as it should > > have it enabled. > > > > Finally, if what you gave from the config is right, you should be > > looking for lpt0, not lpt1. And you need to make sure it's configured > > to use irq 7 in the BIOS. > > > > <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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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