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Date:      Mon, 13 Feb 1995 16:47:36 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Aled Morris <aledm@relay-europe.ps.net>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   lpt
Message-ID:  <Pine.3.89.9502131652.B8328-0100000@relay-europe.ps.net>

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Am I supposed to be able to "echo hello > /dev/lpt0" to test my parallel 
printer?

Needless to say, it doesn't work.  It just hangs for a minute and comes
back "/dev/lpt0: Device busy". 

I tried rebooting with the printer connected and on-line, but it made no
difference.

Machine is 486DX33, FreeBSD is 0210-SNAP.  lpd is not running.  lpt0 is
configured in the kernel (standard config) and is recognised at boot-up: 

lpt0 at 0x3bc-0x3c3 irq 7 on isa
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
lp0: TCP/IP capable interface

Aled
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