Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 17:02:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Alley <alley1@llnl.gov> To: maxime@sochi.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Troubles with printing after upgrade 4.3 -> 4.4 Message-ID: <200110070002.f9702US05318@jordan.llnl.gov>
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On Sat, 06, Oct 2001 Maxime Zakharov <maxime@sochi.com> wrote: > After upgrade 4.3 -> 4.4 i have trouble with printhing: > bash-2.05$ lp -P ps-a4 print.ps > lp: unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable > lpd is running. lpc say that printer is ready for printing. > What changed, tow to reconfigure? We need a little more information. I will assume that you have a setup similar to mine. Are you sure that the lpt0 device file is present? Try running the command: ls -l /dev/lpt0 You should get something like: crw------- 1 root wheel 16, 0 Oct 5 23:53 /dev/lpt0 Check the output of dmesg(1). I am running Release 4.4 and I have a printer on my parallel port. dmesg for me reads in part: ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port If you don't get somethin like this, then your kernel is not configured for printing on the parallel port. You have to make your on kernel. Read how to do this in the handbook. For your information my kernel config file has these lines: # Parallel port device ppc0 at isa? irq 7 device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required) device lpt # Printer Be sure to check the man pages especially lpt(4). Good luck Ed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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