Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 17:17:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Alex Boisvert <alex@gel.usherb.ca> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppbus is broken. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980627171332.18434A-100000@teel.info-noire.com> In-Reply-To: <199806271847.LAA15615@antipodes.cdrom.com>
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On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > In a kernel with these lines: > > > > controller ppbus0 > > > > device nlpt0 at ppbus? > > > > controller ppc0 at isa? port? irq 7 vector ppcintr > > > > > > > > There is data corruption for some binary data sent to the printer. When > > > > printing a postscript file with ghostscript, the printer will print properly > > > > for a bit of the page, then start printing garbage. (The printer is a > > > > Deskjet 890C if that matters at all). > > > > [snip] > > > > Just for the records, I use the new "ppbus" driver with -STABLE and I am > > seeing the same "garbage" corruption with my printers (an HP LaserJet > > III/pcl5 or Brother LP-8h/postscript, depending on which one is plugged) > > [snip] > > Do you have 'tty' on the 'ppc' line in your kernel config? This > appears to be a critical item. > No, I don't. I have almost the same configuration as Zach: controller ppbus0 # ppbus stuff controller vpo0 at ppbus0 # Iomega ZIP support device nlpt0 at ppbus0 # printer support device ppi0 at ppbus0 # ppbus interface #device plip0 at ppbus0 # PLIP support controller ppc0 at isa? port? irq 7 vector ppcintr Regards, Alex. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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