Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:03:41 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr>
Subject:   New print interface
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902132145120.915-100000@picnic.mat.net>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I have to add an addendum here, to my previous question about the new
config file setup for a simple printer.  I was looking forward to seeing
the probing come back to my dmesg, when I finally got it right, but
seeing this:

Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa
Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppc0: SMC FDC37C665GT chipset
(EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppb0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP
Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:
Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppbus0: <HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 690C>
MLC,PCL,PML
Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: nlpt0: <generic printer> on ppbus 0
Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: nlpt0: Interrupt-driven port

I *never* expected to see the PNP functions actually pick up the name of
my printer.  I was economically bushwacked by the Windows corps into
buying the 693C (the version with the Windows software floppies tacked
on) so I was actually pleased that it ID'd the printer as the more
generic 690C (sans the Windows extortia).

Very nice.  The mistake I'd made earlier was in not knowing that the
config needed all 3 lines, not just some subset of 2 of them as I'd
guessed.

Great job, Nicolas!

----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
Chuck Robey                 | Interests include any kind of voice or data 
chuckr@glue.umd.edu         | communications topic, C programming, and Unix.
213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1  |
Greenbelt, MD 20770         | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current)
(301) 220-2114              | and jaunt (Solaris7).
----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------





To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.05.9902132145120.915-100000>