Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 08:54:23 EDT From: jleppek@suw2k.ess.harris.com (James Leppek) To: steve@cioeserv.cioe.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpd slow? Message-ID: <9509211254.AA02723@borg.ess.harris.com>
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the best indicator that your hardware does not have working irq hardware is slow printing :-). you can just use lp control and set it to polling mode and it will work. I would suggest getting another iocard if you are sure yours is setup correctly. Jim Leppek > From owner-freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Wed Sep 20 18:24:14 1995 > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 17:07:18 GMT > From: Steve Ames <steve@cioeserv.cioe.com> > To: bmk@dtr.com > Subject: Re: lpd slow? > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org > > > > > > > I just started lpd on my freebsd almost current system. When i use > > > lpr to print a small sample file (say /etc/rc for instance) it prints > > > it but it is _SLOW_. It took almost an hour to print the file. I'm > > > printing to a panason kxp-2135 printer (which is dot-matrix). Still, > > > its not that slow a printer. > > > > Are you using the lpt driver with or without irq7? If so, are you > > sure that your card actually has working irq hardware? A lot of them > > don't. > > > How would I determine if I'm using it or no? I believe that it _does_ > have working irq hardware, but I'm basing that on the FreeBSD boot > summary: > > lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > lp0: TCP/IP capable interface > > Perhaps this is incorrect? > > -Steve >
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