Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 13:04:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Mahlon Smith <reich@internetcds.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/lpt0 busy Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005301303140.87421-100000@martini.office.cdsnet.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005300951340.70622-100000@martini.office.cdsnet.net>
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Forgot my printcap output.
No errors to /var/log/lpd-errs, btw.
lp|Laserwriter|Apple Laserwriter 360:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:\
lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
--
Mahlon Smith
InternetCDS
http://www.internetcds.com
On Tue, 30 May 2000, Mahlon Smith wrote:
>
> I've searched through the mailing list archives to no avail. It seems
> that a few others were having the same problem, but I was unable to locate
> a solution that addresses my problem.
>
> I am unable to print. Jobs are spooled successfully, but they just sit
> there. lpd thinks the printer is offline. (Apple Laserwriter 360.)
> The printer and cable work perfectly from windows and macintosh.
>
> Tried changing the port to polled vs. interrupt, can't do it since the
> device is busy.
>
> I am out of ideas.
> Relevant info below, help, as always, is appreciated.
>
>
> -Mahlon
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> dmesg stuff:
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
>
>
> lpc> status all
> lp:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> 2 entries in spool area
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline?)
>
>
> router# cat > /dev/lpt0
> /dev/lpt0: Device busy.
>
>
> router# lptcontrol -p
> lptcontrol: open: Device busy
>
>
> router# pwd
> /var/spool/output
> router# ls -lR
> total 2
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root daemon 512 May 5 1997 lpd
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root daemon 5 May 30 01:18 lpd.lock
> ./lpd:
> total 7
> -rw-r----x 1 root daemon 4 May 5 1997 .seq
> -rw-rw---- 1 daemon daemon 110 May 5 1997 cfA000router.[hostname]
> -rw-rw---- 1 daemon daemon 110 May 5 1997 cfA001router.[hostname]
> -rw-rw---- 1 root daemon 15 May 5 1997 dfA000router.[hostname]
> -rw-rw---- 1 root daemon 553 May 5 1997 dfA001router.[hostname]
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root daemon 5 May 30 01:18 lock
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root daemon 42 May 30 01:18 status
>
>
> router# ps aux | grep lpd
> root 2180 0.0 0.2 264 144 p0 R+ 10:00AM 0:00.00 grep lpd
> root 1771 0.0 1.1 888 664 ?? Is 1:18AM 0:00.01 lpd
> root 1772 0.0 1.1 888 676 ?? S 1:18AM 0:00.35 lpd
>
> --
> Mahlon Smith
> InternetCDS
> http://www.internetcds.com
>
>
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