Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:49:11 +0000 (GMT) From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, Michael Holmes <holmesmich@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Options for emulators/wine? Message-ID: <20110928094913.A09231065797@hub.freebsd.org> References: <CAPoyk0hGTSEU3r4hS=pyDtThRa6j4WbDe%2B7b4=Tefj76TBOiLw@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo839y%2BYAazCim4vs7xKJFKPU0_GkUykE1NPqtOBCEy0EsLw@mail.gmail.com>
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from Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>:
> Some rather strange printers will be recognised by umass before ugen
> recognises them; you have to plug it in before umass is loaded or it
> becomes a mass storage device.
> I'm not sure that the Windows printer stack is included in Wine, why
> would you rather do that than use CUPS? The gutenprint drivers are
> often of a higher quality than the manufacturer's provided ones, and
> they install less trash.
I need umass, otherwise USB sticks and other USB disks are inaccessible.
Should the printer be plugged in and powered on at boot time?
I am already trying unsuccessfully to build hplip to access the printer in the Unix way, without wine.
With wine, I might want to try another way, using MS-Windows drivers if possible.
Building hplip failed due to a broken dependency, py-reportlab2
BROKEN= does not package
(quoting from the Makefile)
Tom
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