From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 12 18:37:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from postfix1.free.fr (postfix1.free.fr [212.27.32.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C800914A2D for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:37:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vons@iname.com) Received: from cyril (paris11-nas3-45-248.dial.proxad.net [212.27.45.248]) by postfix1.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E46629B12 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 23:35:50 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000112233926.00aebd00@mail.vons.local> X-Sender: (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 23:39:31 +0100 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Gert-Jan Vons Subject: Re: parallel printer & nlpt0 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 18:23 00/01/12 , Vivek Khera wrote: > >>>>> "DB" == David Berard writes: > >DB> I upgrade my system from freebsd 2.X to freebsd 3.X stable of yesterday, >DB> since this, my printer (HP LaserJet 6L) stop working correctly with >big DB> files (no txt files). > >Same problem for me with a HP LJ4m. > >The only thing that fixed it was "lptcontrol -s" (or -p) to go into >standard polled mode. I too believe the lpt0 device is not working >properly. This was tested on two separate machines, one of which >worked flawlessly with the lp0 printer device under BSD/OS with >interrupts enabled. Same here as well. Since 3.x, I also have to put the parallel port in polled mode on my PCs, a friend sees the same. This is on Asus P55TP4N or P5A with a Lexmark Optra Ep, or a brand X board with a HP LJ an Epson Stylus Photo. We have even seen problems booting FBSD when the printers were not switched off. Haven't tried it with 3.4 yet though, waiting for the CDs to arrive in Europe... Gert-Jan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message