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Date:      Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:36:20 -0400
From:      Scott Robbins <scottro@nyc.rr.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to set polling for printer upon startup
Message-ID:  <20050708203620.GA52798@uws1.starlofashions.com>
In-Reply-To: <42CED9B5.6080100@math.missouri.edu>
References:  <42CED9B5.6080100@math.missouri.edu>

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On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 02:53:25PM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> My printer doesn't work very well unless I type
> lpcontrol -p
> What is the "correct" way to make this happen when the computer first boots up 
> - is there some setting in device.hints or something I can put in the kernel 
> config so that it defaults to this?

Well, I have a very complex and esoteric script that I load.  However,
perhaps with years of study, you can duplicate it.

#!/bin/sh
lpcontrol -e

(Which is what I need in my case for a similar problem)

Just put it into /usr/local/etc/rc.d and make it executable, changing
the -p to an -e of course.  Call it whatever you wish, but be sure to
add an sh extension, e.g. call it lptcontrol.sh

That should do it.


- -- 

Scott

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