From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 13 08:47:30 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id IAA06909 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 13 Feb 1995 08:47:30 -0800 Received: from relay-europe.ps.net (relay-europe.ps.net [160.110.96.10]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id IAA06902 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 1995 08:47:29 -0800 Received: by relay-europe.ps.net (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA09467; Mon, 13 Feb 1995 16:47:36 GMT Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 16:47:36 +0000 (GMT) From: Aled Morris Subject: lpt To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Am I supposed to be able to "echo hello > /dev/lpt0" to test my parallel printer? Needless to say, it doesn't work. It just hangs for a minute and comes back "/dev/lpt0: Device busy". I tried rebooting with the printer connected and on-line, but it made no difference. Machine is 486DX33, FreeBSD is 0210-SNAP. lpd is not running. lpt0 is configured in the kernel (standard config) and is recognised at boot-up: lpt0 at 0x3bc-0x3c3 irq 7 on isa lpt0: Interrupt-driven port lp0: TCP/IP capable interface Aled -- aledm@relay-europe.ps.net | tel +44 973 207987 Perot Systems Europe Ltd. | fax +44 181 476 2419