From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 17 14:32:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [64.0.106.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC74137B422 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 14:32:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scanner@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (scanner@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA43396; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:32:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:32:35 -0400 (EDT) From: To: Jonathan Chen Cc: Dan Nelson , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ARGH! Stupid LPD error... In-Reply-To: <20010418091824.B4712@itouchnz.itouch> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Um. Make sure the cables and connections are seated firmly? The printer > should be holding one of the pins down to indicate online mode, otherwise > /dev/lpt0 will report device dead/offline; ie exactly what you're > seeing. BINGO! We have a winner. I went and screwed the cable into the printer port as tight as I could. And unplugged the power cord from the printer and back in again. I knew it was something stupid, just couldnt figure out what. Thanks Jonathan! Thanks Dan! I appreciate it. ============================================================================= -Chris Watson (316) 326-3862 | FreeBSD Consultant, FreeBSD Geek Work: scanner@jurai.net | Open Systems Inc., Wellington, Kansas Home: scanner@deceptively.shady.org | http://open-systems.net ============================================================================= WINDOWS: "Where do you want to go today?" LINUX: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" BSD: "Are you guys coming or what?" ============================================================================= irc.openprojects.net #FreeBSD -Join the revolution! ICQ: 20016186 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message