From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 10 13:44:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from jupiter.linuxengine.net (jupiter.linuxengine.net [209.61.188.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 103EF37B401 for ; Fri, 10 May 2002 13:44:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jupiterweb.commercevault.com (jupiterweb.commercevault.com [209.61.179.16] (may be forged)) by jupiter.linuxengine.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g4AKiao05107; Fri, 10 May 2002 15:44:36 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 15:44:36 -0500 (CDT) From: John Utz X-X-Sender: john@jupiter.linuxengine.net To: Jai Dhar Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parallel port writing In-Reply-To: <20020510163930.V42357-100000@omega.focalnetworks.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org do you have the device in the kernel? i've never gave it any thought, but wouldnt you need device ppi built in? i dont know, i am just guessing.... On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jai Dhar wrote: > I am root, lpd isn't running, and as for ppi.. I tried their exact code > that they have in 'man ppi', and still doesn't work??? > > > On Fri, 10 May 2002, John Utz wrote: > > > you arent root? > > > > or, more likely, lpd owns it! > > > > On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jai Dhar wrote: > > > > > I have a question about writing to parallel ports. > > > I am trying to make a basic C program to write simple data to a parallel > > > port, but when I try, I get an error on opening /dev/lpt0 as "Device Busy" > > > I tried echo 255 > /dev/lpt0, and also got "Device Busy". When looking at > > > all my processes, I didn't see anything that visibly took control of > > > /dev/lpt0. In dmesg, I get both ppc0 and lpt0 detected with an IRQ and IO > > > address fine. What could be wrong? Thank you > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > > > -- > > > > John L. Utz III > > john@utzweb.net > > > > Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message