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Date:      Mon, 16 Sep 2002 10:16:03 +0100
From:      Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@btinternet.com>
To:        Evan Dower <evantd@hotmail.com>
Cc:        neal@nelson.name, matt@gsicomp.on.ca, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Printer (lpt0) Device Busy (Epson Stylus Color 740)
Message-ID:  <20020916091603.GA429@gallium>
In-Reply-To: <F73RBrqiigRKtBkAFMr00018b71@hotmail.com>
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On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 10:12:56PM -0700, Evan Dower wrote:
> Truth is I do have a USB card and a USB camera. The camera gets detected 
> and recognized as a USB mass storage device, but I haven't figured out how 
> to get it to mount (what with the scsi emulations and crap). Anyway, the 

I mount my FujiFilm FinePix A101 like this:

# mkdir /camera
# chmod 777 /camera
# mount_msdos /dev/da0s1 /camera

In my kernel configuration I have:

device usb
device uhci
device ohci
device umass
device scbus
device da
device pass

> hidden point here is that I would love to hear how you set it up for USB. 
> Please, please, please tell me all about it.
> Thanks,
> Evan Dower
> 
> 
> >From: Neal Nelson <neal@nelson.name>
> >Reply-To: neal@nelson.name
> >To: Evan Dower <evantd@hotmail.com>
> >CC: matt@gsicomp.on.ca, 
> >freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org,freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, 
> >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org,freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
> >Subject: Re: Printer (lpt0) Device Busy (Epson Stylus Color 740)
> >Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:12:44 +1000
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> >I've been using an Epson Stylus Color 740 on FreeBSD for ages without 
> >problems. However, I'm using the USB interface not parallel with CUPS as 
> >my print system. Probably of no help apart from that fact that it can be 
> >made to work.
> >
> >On 2002.09.16 13:52 Evan Dower wrote:
> >>Has anyone even gotten an Epson Stylus Color 740 to work on FreeBSD 4.x? 
> >>If so, I would love to get in touch with you. I can't seem to get mine to 
> >>work regardless of BIOS settings.
> >>Thanks a lot,
> >>Evan Dower
> >>
> >>
> >>>From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
> >>>To: "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com>
> >>>Subject: Re: Printer (lpt0) Device Busy
> >>>Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 18:13:57 -0400
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> >>>Evan,
> >>>
> >>>If you've used it this way before with other OSes, then it's most likely 
> >>>a
> >>>FreeBSD problem.
> >>>
> >>>I've had problems with some printer when running with EPP/ECP enabled in 
> >>>the
> >>>BIOS.  I'd try adjusting your BIOS to make your printer port "dumb" and 
> >>>see
> >>>if that makes things better.
> >>>
> >>>Matt
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>From: "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com>
> >>>To: <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
> >>>Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 4:51 PM
> >>>Subject: Re: Printer (lpt0) Device Busy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hmm... I have used it only with MacOS (not X) and Linux, and according 
> >>>to
> >>>> http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=62112 "Printer
> >>>supports
> >>>> direct text printing with the `us-ascii' charset." Whether it requires
> >>>some
> >>>> initial setup I don't know, though it is (very specifically) detected 
> >>>at
> >>>> startup. Do you know how I could check on that? or what I can do if 
> >>>that
> >>>is
> >>>> the case?
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Evan Dower
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> >From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
> >>>> >To: "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com>
> >>>> >Subject: Re: Printer (lpt0) Device Busy
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> >>>> >
> >>>> > > I am trying to install a printer (Epson Stylus Color 740), but 
> >>>FreeBSD
> >>>> > > claims that the device (/dev/lpt0) is busy. I began with 
> >>>4.6-RELEASE
> >>>but
> >>>> > > upgrade to -STABLE to see if that would fix the problem (it 
> >>>didn't).
> >>>My
> >>>> > > system is:
> >>>> > > $ uname -a
> >>>> > > FreeBSD lojak.u.washington.edu 4.7-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 
> >>>4.7-PRERELEASE
> >>>#0:
> >>>> >Thu
> >>>> > > Sep 12 00:21:06 PDT 2002
> >>>> > > root@lojak.u.washington.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM  i386
> >>>> > > I even tried using the GENERIC kernel to no avail. I'm fairly 
> >>>certain
> >>>my
> >>>> > > kernel is set up properly anyway since the printer is detected at
> >>>> >startup.
> >>>> > > $ dmesg
> >>>> > > ...
> >>>> > > ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> >>>> > > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> >>>> > > ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold
> >>>> > > ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE
> >>>> > > Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:
> >>>> > > ppbus0: <EPSON Stylus COLOR 740> PRINTER ESCPL2,BDC,D4
> >>>> > > lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> >>>> > > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> >>>> > > ...
> >>>> > > Yet still, if I try to do a test print, nothing happens.
> >>>> > > # echo test > /dev/lpt0
> >>>> > > /dev/lpt0: Device busy.
> >>>> > > In fact, even just trying to get status info does the same thing.
> >>>> > > # cat /dev/lpt0
> >>>> > > cat: /dev/lpt0: Device busy
> >>>> > > So the device is busy. Certainly, a program must be bogarting it. 
> >>>Yet
> >>>> >fstat
> >>>> > > begs to differ.
> >>>> > > $ fstat /dev/lpt0
> >>>> > > USER     CMD          PID   FD MOUNT      INUM MODE         SZ|DV 
> >>>R/W
> >>>> >NAME
> >>>> > > That's an empty list of open files named /dev/lpt0.
> >>>> >
> >>>> >If your Epson print is a "winprinter" (meaning that it requires 
> >>>special
> >>>> >initialization before it will allow itself to print plain text), then 
> >>>the
> >>>> >device will show up as busy if you try and do anything with it.
> >>>> >
> >>>> >--
> >>>> >Matt Emmerton
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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