Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:43:12 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: printer in bsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0102192140310.92687-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <005901c08ce3$e1c012a0$0100a8c0@ilya>
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On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Ilya wrote:
> Hi. I am trying to use my bubble jet on FreeBSD
> I recompiled kernel with this info:
> device ppc0 at isa? irq 7
> device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
> device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 vector lptintr
>
> and during boot I get this:
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
>
> nothing about lpt1
>
> any suggestions?
It looks like it's working correctly. Your parallel port is
correctly probed. lpt1 lives in /dev, and won't show up in your
dmesg. What should show up, however, is some output from devices
connected to the parallel port, namely, your printer.
If you have an entry for your printer in /etc/printcap, try
printing a short text file to it. If you get "staircase" output,
you'll need something like apsfilter and ghostscript to translate to
PCL for you.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
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