From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 25 18:59:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA08152 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:59:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA08138 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:59:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA05924; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:59:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:59:02 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Dan Odom cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer problem In-Reply-To: <199702260038.SAA10843@thelonious.spidome.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Dan Odom wrote: > I've got an HP DJ500 (don't groan) attached to a 2.1.6-RELEASE > workstation. Whenever I try to write to the port it says "device > busy". I've tried this as myself and as root. I killed lpd. I > removed /dev/lpt0 and re-MAKEDEV'd it. I even checked the connectors. > > Any other clues? Hey, I have a DJ500c, it's a workhorse and I love it. Ghostscript 4 breathes new life into it :) 1. Does the kernel see it? (see `dmesg') 2. Are the permissions set properly? (they are r/w root only by default) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major