Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 10:07:38 +0100 From: kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies) To: hlew@sequence.Stanford.EDU (Howard Lew) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: weird lpt problems Message-ID: <199611130907.KAA01897@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961112121023.7766A-100000@vegemite.Stanford.EDU>; from "Howard Lew" on Nov 12, 1996 12:24:13 -0800 References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961112121023.7766A-100000@vegemite.Stanford.EDU>
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Howard Lew writes: > > System is using the 2.1.5R kernel > > 1) lpq always says "waiting for laser to become ready (offline ?)" > > 2) Even if I kill lpd and do a "cat file > /dev/lpt0" I get: > "/dev/lpt0: Device busy." when the laser is idle. > > 3) Just to be sure it is a not a cable problem, I can bootup in Win95 and > print without any problems in DOS or Windows 95. > > 4) I have tried playing around with the SPP/ECP/EPP settings and even > changing the parallel port addresses and irqs, but none of the changes help. > > 5) I have tried setting the lpt flag to 0xff from 0x0 and it does not > help. Does anyone know what the flag settings mean? > > I can not get the "lptest > /dev/lpt0" to work without the same > "/dev/lpt0: Device busy." message. I wonder why it keeps saying that > /dev/lpt0 is busy when no device is using it. > > Does anyone have any ideas? This is truly the weirdest problem I have > ever faced because the darn printer will print if I bootup in Win95. > > Thanks in advance for any help, suggestions, or any input at all. > > > > ---- > Here's the /etc/printcap: > > # @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90 > > laser|epson|lp|Epson Laser Printer:\ > :sh:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\ > :if=/usr/local/libexec/hpif:\ > :lf=/var/spool/lpd/logfile:\ > :af=/var/spool/lpd/acct:\ > :mx#0:sf: > What does your dmesg output say about the printer port? Make sure the device node /dev/lpt0 isn't pointing to something else. What is in /var/log/lpd-errs? Try using lptcontrol -p to choose polled mode. Is another device strapped to irq 7? -- --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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