From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 16:15:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA09552 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:15:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA09545 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:15:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id QAA02426; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:13:40 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199607162313.QAA02426@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: Printing probs. under a new 2.1 installation To: E00114@vnet.atea.be (Rob Schofield) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:13:40 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Rob Schofield" at Jul 16, 96 12:42:09 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Installed in there is a parallel printer port designated LPT1: under DOS, > registered and correctly configured under the EISA config scheme. Hanging on > the end of the cable is a brand-spanking new HP LaserJet 5L (I know, it was > all I could afford) with PCL (V6.0?). Under DOS, it prints OK, likewise Win > 3.11 WFW. It also prints from Win NT with no probs. As root, type: # dmesg | grep lpt I get output like: lpt0 at 0x278-0x27f irq 7 on isa lpt0: Interrupt-driven port Indicating that, despite what DOS thinks, my port is /dev/lpt0. You may have to boot -v; there may be a probe conflict message from having other hardware (generally, things like sound cards) at the same address, causing the parallel port to be unusable. You may need to rejumper one or more devices to make it work. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.