Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 13:04:44 -0500 From: Donald Szatkowski <deltaski@verizon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Parallel Printer Message-ID: <200405201304.44184.deltaski@verizon.net>
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Thank you for reading this message. I have installed FreeBSD 4.10r2 and am having trouble with the printer setup. This is on and OLD Gateway P5-100, 128mb ram (yah-100Mhz!). It is a direct connect to the parallel port. My main source document is the FreeBSD Handbook, 2nd ed. and the online Handbook @ FreeBSD.org. I have the necc. files as directed by Chapter 11, but am still having problems. (/etc/printcap, /dev/lpt0, etc). When I test with #lptest >/dev/lpt0, I get nothing. My initial install selection was for parallel printing. And checking rc.conf shows "lpd="YES". When I "#grep ppc0 /var/run/dmesg.boot" I get the message, "can not reserve input output range". When I"#dmesg | grep lpt0" I get the message, "lpt0 not configured". Here is where the problems begin. Thinking maybe the printer or cable might be the problem, I pulled the BSD hard drive, reinstalled the win95 hard drive, tested the printer and it worked fine! Reinstall the BSD drive and boot, no printer! IRQ 7 the same. To this, I suspect the KERNEL, yet all matches the examples with one exception. In the KERNEL file under #Parallel Port, the printer is listed at ppc0 and not lpt0. Have I misinterpreted something? Are they the same, should all ref to lpt0 be ppc0? Otherwise, BSD is working fine! If anyone could direct me to another resource, or drop a hint, it sure would be appreciated. Thanks Don
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