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From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
To: amg <ursa@cris.com>
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Subject: Re: printer prpblems
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On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 01:23:45PM -0400, amg wrote:
> Questions:
> 
>    Version: FreeBSD 4.1  CDROM
> 
>    Hardwar: IBM PPro 200MHz  64MB Ram
> 
>    Symptomes:  Printer not functioning
> 
>    Attached: dmesg.out   - output of dmesg
>              KERNEL_MAX1 - kernel config file
>              dev.files   - lpt devices in /dev
>   
> 
>     When I recently switched from 2.2.8 to 4.1, the
>     printer no longer prints.  When issuing the
>     following commands, the following output appears:
> 
>         "cat myfile > /dev/lpt0"  yields:
> 
>            ksh: cannot create /dev/ltp0: Device not configured
> 
>         "lpr myfile"  produces no error msg to the screen
>                       but NO printer output either.
>  
>      As far as I know, I have followd the directions in the
>      "handbook".
> 
>      I see no mention of lpt? in the output of dmesg, which
>      leads me to believe that there is not kernel support.
>      However, I have added printer support to the kernel
>      config file and rebuilt the kernel, twice, with the
>      same results, see attached files.
> 
>      Additionally, there was not support for lpt? in the
>      GENERIC kernel.
> 
>      I'd appreciate any wisdom on this, as I need to be
>      able to print any number of files.
> 
> 
>                                    august
>                                    ursa@cris.com

[snip]

> 
> # Parallel port
> device		ppc0	at isa? irq 7
> device		ppbus		# Parallel port bus (required)
> device		lpt		# Printer
> device		lpt0	at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr
> ##device	plip		# TCP/IP over parallel
> ##device	ppi		# Parallel port interface device
> #device		vpo		# Requires scbus and da
> 

Try removing the ``device lpt0'' line and uncommenting the ``device
ppi'' line. Here's what I have in my config file and it works fine (HP
610C):

# 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


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