From owner-freebsd-current Sat Feb 13 10:12:46 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA28643 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:12:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (b133.mat.net [206.246.122.133] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA28484 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:12:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA00377 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 13:11:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 13:11:25 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: lpt0 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Recently I noticed that lpt0 has been replaced by the ppbus stuff, in LINT. The problem is, I can't find any example as to how to set it up for a plain, vanilla printer.... ppbus has so many more capabilities than lp, I think it's embarrassed about it's dowdy origins. I don't know what controller to use (ppbus0 or maybe ppc0?) and the old device, lpt0, doesn't even exist in LINT anymore. I tried picking up the lines for ppbus0 and nlpt, which I guessed might be right, from LINT, and dropping them into my config file. They compile fine, but nothing is probed (my dmesg shows no printer) and I can't print. What's the right setup for a plain, ordinary IRQ 7 printer port? Please, don't answer if you're going to talk about connecting some parallel interfaced thing like a zip drive. I can't seem to find any docs on this, nor any mail messages (nothing in UPDATING either). There is much discussion about things like zip drive connecting, though ... ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message