From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 25 19:42:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08064 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 19:42:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08058 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 19:42:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from saul7.u.washington.edu (root@saul7.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.2]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id TAA11168 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 19:42:43 -0700 Received: from S8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul7.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id TAA18968 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 19:42:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 02:42:37 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jason@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu Reply-To: "Jason C. Wells" To: FreeBSD-questions Subject: 'tip printer' Just Sits There Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I was following the instructions in the handbook for setting up my printer. I have an Apple Laserwriter II NTX connect via serial port to COM2. As root: I tried the following in '/etc/remote' with 'tip printer' to no avail. printer:dv=/dev/ttyd1:br#9600:pa=none So according to the instructions I moved on. I have the following in '/etc/remote' printer:dv=/dev/cuaa1:br#9600:pa=none Then I do this and get the output. root@s8-37-26# tip printer connected My prompt vanishes and I cannot give input. I cannot even issue CTRL-D to exit the shell. Since, things aren't going according to the instructions, I am at a loss. Just on a hunch I tried 'tip printer' as a user with this output. jason@s8-37-26$ tip printer uu_lock: creat error: Permission denied all ports busy Permission denied makes sense to me. Why would I get all ports busy if I never had permission to access the port in the first place? What do I need to do to fix/troubleshoot my printer connection woes? Am I missing something fundamental regarding serial connections? Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ | 206-633-5994 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message