Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:17:19 -0700 (PDT) From: George Mitchell <george@m5p.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/102035: plip networking disables parallel port printing Message-ID: <200608142117.k7ELHJxd070103@m5p.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200608142120.k7ELKCsZ023594@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 102035 >Category: misc >Synopsis: plip networking disables parallel port printing >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 14 21:20:12 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: George Mitchell >Release: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Mitchell Voting Products, Inc. >Environment: System: FreeBSD parkstreet.m5p.com 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:32:43 UTC 2006 root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: If a machine has one or more parallel ports, the generic kernel will enable plip networking on them, making it impossible to open the port(s) for printing. >How-To-Repeat: Boot a generic kernel with an unmodified /etc/rc.conf on it on a machine with a parallel port priner on it. It will be impossible to print to the printer because interface plip0 will have grabbed the port. >Fix: This patch disables plip interfaces by default: --- etc/defaults/rc.conf.orig Wed Mar 8 22:52:39 2006 +++ etc/defaults/rc.conf Mon Aug 14 14:11:27 2006 @@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ #ifconfig_fxp0_name="net0" # Change interface name from fxp0 to net0. #ipv4_addrs_fxp0="192.168.0.1/24 192.168.1.1-5/28" # example IPv4 address entry. # +# Bringing plip interfaces up will disable parallel port printing +ifconfig_plip0="down" # most users won't want IP over parallel +ifconfig_plip1="down" +ifconfig_plip2="down" +# # If you have any sppp(4) interfaces above, you might also want to set # the following parameters. Refer to spppcontrol(8) for their meaning. sppp_interfaces="" # List of sppp interfaces. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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