From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 30 7:28:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from postfix2.free.fr (postfix2.free.fr [212.27.32.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABF5D1507B for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 07:28:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nsouch@free.fr) Received: from free.fr (paris11-nas4-46-245.dial.proxad.net [212.27.46.245]) by postfix2.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4D4F740D1; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:28:33 +0100 (MET) Received: (from nsouch@localhost) by free.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA00814; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:29:11 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nsouch) Message-ID: <20000130162910.39466@coreff.free.fr> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 16:29:10 +0100 From: Nicolas Souchu To: chris@calldei.com Cc: David Gilbert , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printer fiascos. References: <14483.45082.151986.340011@trooper.velocet.net> <20000129214940.J10669@holly.calldei.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <20000129214940.J10669@holly.calldei.com>; from Chris Costello on Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 09:49:40PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD coreff 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 09:49:40PM -0600, Chris Costello wrote: > >On Saturday, January 29, 2000, David Gilbert wrote: >> When this happens, the entire machine freezes until someone feeds the >> printer --- the momment it starts printing again, the computer >> unfreezes. > > Could it be a printer-specific (or printer-compatibility) >problem? My HP DeskJet 880C does not have that problem at all: > >ppc0 at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 flags 0x40 on isa0 >ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode >ppb0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP >Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: >ppbus0: MLC,PCL,PML >plip0: on ppbus 0 >lpt0: on ppbus 0 >lpt0: Interrupt-driven port >ppi0: on ppbus 0 Note that you're using an older ppbus/lpt drivers. -- nsouch@free.fr / nsouch@freebsd.org FreeBSD - Turning PCs into workstations - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message