Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:23:51 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Dan Ponte <dcp1990@neptune.atopia.net>, stanley jobson <stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> Subject: Re: lpt0 always busy Message-ID: <200509251923.53947.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20050925095140.5bbb3162.stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> References: <20050924180909.78a29487.stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> <20050924163501.GA53285@neptune.atopia.net> <20050925095140.5bbb3162.stanley.jobson@gmx.ch>
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--nextPart1942008.c4mQz7t9S5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 25 September 2005 17:21, stanley jobson wrote: > > Usually, if you get "device busy," it means that the printer is simply > > not on or connected properly. Check your parallel cable. > > unfort. my printer is connected properly and it is on while simply > trying to open it with open(/dev/lpt0) - lptest > /dev/lpt0 fails too > ... > > so it seems that fbsd expects some kind of status reply from the printer > - correct? > > if so: how could i by-pass this? (cause my ugly gdi printer is probably > not able to answer correctly) i just wonna have access to my parallel > port ... It expects that your printer will toggle the BUSY line as it should.. I don't believe you'd be able to print on any OS if this was broken. Are you sure nothing else is using the port? (lpd, cups, etc) =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart1942008.c4mQz7t9S5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDNnOx5ZPcIHs/zowRAh5wAJ4vcBTocVRwJKzNPYXolDYZtC+b3ACgqMYf r7H3SkVJcIssydDnjTZ5FXE= =DLCy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1942008.c4mQz7t9S5--
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