Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:22:54 +1100 (EST) From: <andrew@fandom.net> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Parallel Port Message-ID: <2477.192.168.167.6.1014852174.squirrel@192.168.167.1>
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Hi, It appears that much (most) of the BSD community is unable to get a local printer working quickly. Though the statement sounds odd please remember that most of us use network printers, not local printers -- so it hasn't been a huge thing. The gottch-yer being that the /dev/plip in GEBERIC takes the port away from /dev/lpt. There is reasoning for /dev/plip to be in the GENERIC as it `could' be used as one of the installation media (though one might question how often they'd have two computers ready for such an opperation). However, I feel the Handbook should at least cover this issue. Second issue is /dev/ppi which I feel definatly shouldn't be in GENERIC and should be in LINT only. Could you please pass my request to the appropiate people? P.S. the parallel issue surfaced as I wanted to provide people with a 'standardised' KDE environment including CUPS -- which couldn't poll the parallel port untill the /dev/plip was removed. Thanx very much for all your time & efforts. :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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