Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 09:45:11 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Rodolfo Heitor Gevaerd de Faria <rodolfo@ravel.ufrj.br>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppbus broken in 3.1-RELEASE Message-ID: <373993F7.4D37E7F@math.missouri.edu> References: <199905121347.KAA17323@protheus.ravel.ufrj.br>
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Yes I had problems like that. It seems to have been fixed in STABLE. For now, I would use the depreciated lpt driver. Rodolfo Heitor Gevaerd de Faria wrote: > > > > Hello, > > We had a HP LaserJet 4 Plus printer working perfectly in a > 2.2.6-STABLE system using the old lpt driver. I've changed it > to a 3.1-RELEASE system and used the new ppbus driver. > > Then there was a problem in printing that sometimes strange characters > randomly showed in the printouts, I've tryed everything from changing > cables, printer memory, ghostscript version, paralel port configuration > (normal, ECP, EPP), and nothing worked. Finally I've tryed reversing > to the old lpt driver, and everything worked great. > > That seemed strange since I've already used a Canon Bubblejet printer > with the ppbus in an old pre 3.0-RELEASE system, I even had a paralel > Zip Drive with it. > > Had anyone out there the same problem ? I believe that's something > really dangerous, especially since you are planning to disable > permanentely the lpt driver. > > Rodolfo H G Faria > <rodolfo@ravel.ufrj.br> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Stephen Montgomery-Smith stephen@math.missouri.edu 307 Math Science Building stephen@showme.missouri.edu Department of Mathematics stephen@missouri.edu University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 USA Phone (573) 882 4540 Fax (573) 882 1869 http://math.missouri.edu/~stephen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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