From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 30 23:09:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA20247 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 23:09:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA20242 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 23:09:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA23692; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 23:09:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 23:09:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Don Humphreys cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getting printer to work under FBSD 2.2.2 In-Reply-To: <3431F420.5DB7@ibm.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Don Humphreys wrote: > I just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 using CD rom. > > When attempting to use lpr command to print a text file, > nothing happens. > > The only thing that I noticed at boot up time was that > lpt0 was irq 7 and that lpt1 was not probed due to conflict > with lpt0. Try removing the IRQ from your kernel config and rebuild. THis will put it into polled mode and remove the conflict. > How can I get printer to work, ie., to be recognized? > > system Specs: > HP pavillion 166 mhz > 32 MG Ram > 2 hardrives with freebsd using 2nd hardrive 2.4+GB > > Printer is Hewlett Packard Desljet 820 Cse This isn't the ``Windows Enhanced'' printer, is it? See the Handbook's section on setting up printers. It's very, very well written. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major