Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 08:38:40 +1000 From: Dale Walker - Manager <dale@icr.com.au> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wy60 attached printer Message-ID: <199805202238.IAA14394@sparc.icr.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 20 May 1998 13:57:06 MST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980520135420.28873P-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White said: >On Wed, 20 May 1998, Dale Walker - Manager wrote: > >> I want to set up a wyse60 terminal on a FreeBSD box to do local printing >> (ie. via the aux port on the terminal).... > >That's amazing, I just bought one of these the other day at the local >goodwill. You wouldn't happen to have a manual, would you? > no i don't, but just let mw know what you need and I'm sure I'll have a reference here for it... incl repairs..... >> I am currently using this as an interface file: >> ------------------------------------ >> local:\ >> :sh:if=/usr/local/libexec/lprint.sh:\ >> :lp=/dev/ttyd1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/local:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: >> --------------------------------- >> >> >> however, it doesn't seem to work... The jobs queue OK, but don't go >> through to the terminal/printer...... > >I bet that lpd doesn't have permissions to write to your terminal while >you're logged in. Try catting the file to print directly through the >script from the command line so the output goes to the display. When the >terminal sees the printer on escape char it should output to the printer. > I got it working... it was the /etc/fbtab file... The "login" binary sets the permissions for the login device, therefore it was set to mode 0600 for the user logging in.. I put an entry into /etc/fbtab to make the permissions 0666 /etc/fbtab look like this -------------------------- # #login line mode devices affected # /dev/ttyd1 0666 /dev/ttyd1 # # ------------------------------- >Also check the AUX serial port settings in the terminal setup and make >sure your printer matches up. > yeah it does..... and I even had the power cable plugged in... it's amazing how you start to question your own sanity when little things don't work correctly as you think they should........... >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > Thanks for the help.... Cheers, Dale -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dale Walker dale@icr.com.au Manager/Sysadmin - ICRnet Independent Computer Retailers (ICR) http://www.icr.com.au Ph: +61 7 4636 4625 Fax: +61 7 4636 3513 helpdesk@icr.com.au -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Actually, you just think that's a telephone. Really, it's the alarm that rings whenever I get out of my chair." -- E.S. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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