From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 30 8: 3:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net (kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C05E37BBDA for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:03:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bduk@earthlink.net) Received: from earthlink.net (sdn-ar-006orportP171.dialsprint.net [63.178.66.211]) by kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA15213; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:03:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bduk@localhost) by earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA05646; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:01:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bduk) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:01:01 -0800 (PST) Posted-Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:01:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003301601.IAA05646@earthlink.net> From: Derrick Baumer To: lowell@world.std.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (message from Lowell Gilbert on 30 Mar 2000 10:07:36 -0500) Subject: Re: Printer compatibility Reply-To: bduk@earthlink.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Lowell Gilbert > > Ronald Klop writes: > > > I'm pleased it worked for you. Maybe you (or somebody else) wants to know > > why it is interuptdriven by default. It's because the installation can be > > done via a parallel port connection and than you need the interuptdriven > > port... Makes sense. > ...What you really want to do (the advice is somewhat > version-dependent, but definitely applies to 3.x, and I *think* to > 4.0 as well, although I can only check the former) is recompile the > kernel to use "tty" instead of "net" in the ppc device > description... It would be nice if it said something to that effect in LINT. It does show tty (not net) in LINT, but there's no comment anywhere as to why it shows that and nothing to indicate that looking at that line would reveal anything about that. Would I use send_pr to submit diffs for the LINT file to that effect? > > BTW: It would be nice if the port would switch automaticaly when you open > > the lpt device or the plip device. > > Yes, that would be nice. Got diffs? I'm thinking... :) -- Derrick Baumer - Black Duck Software To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message