From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Apr 3 23:52:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from io.cts.com (io.cts.com [198.68.174.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1F3A14F75 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 23:52:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mdavis@cts.com) Received: from EUROPA (europa.cts.com [198.68.174.35]) by io.cts.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id XAA00446; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 23:50:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mdavis@cts.com) From: "Morgan Davis" To: Cc: Subject: RE: Printing snafu in 3.1 may lead to my death Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 23:50:30 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.207 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bingo! Thank you, Jonathan, for the rapid rescue. "tty" instead of "net" did it. Life (and printing) is sweet. (FAQmaster please FAQ this for the next hapless soul). --Morgan > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jonathan Fosburgh > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 11:10 PM > To: Morgan Davis > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Printing snafu in 3.1 may lead to my death > > > > # Parallel port > > device ppc0 at isa? port? net irq 7 > Try changing net to tty, this seems to work (better). In my case, printing > worked but was often not working properly. So far, since making that > change I have not had the problem. From what I hear, some people can't > get it to work period otherwise. YMMV. > > > > Jonathan Fosburgh > Geotechnician > Snyder Oil Corporation > Houston, TX > > Home Page: > http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 > Manager, FreeBSD Webring: > http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498/computer/freebsdring.html > ICQ: 32742908 > AIM: Namthorien > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message