Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 18:27:17 -0700 From: "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printer Device Busy Message-ID: <F139he5yMlDjF24Jr7N00006de7@hotmail.com>
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Please, please, please respond with something, even if it's to tell me that this should go to a different list, maybe stable or hackers. Please help. Thanks, Evan Dower >From: "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com> >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Printer Device Busy >Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:48:37 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Originating-IP: [12.229.158.71] >Received: from mc3-f29.law16.hotmail.com ([65.54.236.164]) by >mc3-s15.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 12 >Sep 2002 10:48:55 -0700 >Received: from mx2.freebsd.org ([216.136.204.119]) by >mc3-f29.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 12 >Sep 2002 10:48:54 -0700 >Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.18])by >mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPid 0EAC35571E; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 >10:48:44 -0700 (PDT)(envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) >Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 538)id 7E16C37B401; Thu, >12 Sep 2002 10:48:42 -0700 (PDT) >Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])by hub.freebsd.org >(Postfix) with SMTPid 5811E2E800D; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:48:42 -0700 (PDT) >Received: by hub.freebsd.org (bulk_mailer v1.12); Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:48:42 >-0700 >Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125])by >hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 301B237B400for ><freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:48:39 -0700 (PDT) >Received: from hotmail.com (f101.pav1.hotmail.com [64.4.31.101])by >mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E59A643E6Efor ><freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:48:38 -0700 >(PDT)(envelope-from evantd@hotmail.com) >Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; >Thu, 12 Sep 2002 10:48:38 -0700 >Received: from 12.229.158.71 by pv1fd.pav1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP;Thu, >12 Sep 2002 17:48:37 GMT >Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Message-ID: <F101PGDZFMp26V5AtSd000204e5@hotmail.com> >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Sep 2002 17:48:38.0900 (UTC) >FILETIME=[A028B340:01C25A84] >Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >List-ID: <freebsd-questions.FreeBSD.ORG> >List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/>; (Web Archive) >List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions) >List-Subscribe: ><mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-questions> >List-Unsubscribe: ><mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-questions> >X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Precedence: bulk >Return-Path: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >I am trying to install a printer (Epson Stylus Color 740), but FreeBSD >claims that the device (/dev/lpt0) is busy. I began with 4.6-RELEASE but >upgrade to -STABLE to see if that would fix the problem (it didn't). My >system is: >$ uname -a >FreeBSD lojak.u.washington.edu 4.7-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-PRERELEASE #0: >Thu Sep 12 00:21:06 PDT 2002 >root@lojak.u.washington.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM i386 >I even tried using the GENERIC kernel to no avail. I'm fairly certain my >kernel is set up properly anyway since the printer is detected at startup. >$ dmesg >... >ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 >ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode >ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold >ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE >Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: >ppbus0: <EPSON Stylus COLOR 740> PRINTER ESCPL2,BDC,D4 >lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 >lpt0: Interrupt-driven port >... >Yet still, if I try to do a test print, nothing happens. ># echo test > /dev/lpt0 >/dev/lpt0: Device busy. >In fact, even just trying to get status info does the same thing. ># cat /dev/lpt0 >cat: /dev/lpt0: Device busy >So the device is busy. Certainly, a program must be bogarting it. Yet fstat >begs to differ. >$ fstat /dev/lpt0 >USER CMD PID FD MOUNT INUM MODE SZ|DV R/W NAME >That's an empty list of open files named /dev/lpt0. So maybe fstat is not >working as I would expect. So I'll stat /dev/lpt0 to get its INODE and grep >fstat for it. >$ stat /dev/lpt0 > File: "/dev/lpt0" > Size: 0 Allocated Blocks: 0 Filetype: Character Device > Mode: (0600/crw-------) Uid: (0/root) Gid: (0/wheel) >Device: 160768 Inode: 753 Links: 1 Device Type: 4096 >Access: Thu Sep 12 01:01:20 2002 >Modify: Thu Sep 12 10:44:59 2002 >Change: Thu Sep 12 10:44:59 2002 > >$ fstat | grep 753 >I swear fstat really does list open files! >$ fstat | wc > 557 5040 38580 >$ fstat /dev/dsp >USER CMD PID FD MOUNT INUM MODE SZ|DV R/W NAME >evantd esd 32539 8 / 738 crw-rw-rw- dsp0.0 w >/dev/dsp >$ fstat | grep 738 >evantd esd 32539 8 / 738 crw-rw-rw- dsp0.0 w >So fstat does work (both ways), but I still see no reason for lpt0 to be >busy. >Does anyone have any ideas? What else can make a device busy? >Thanks in advance, >Evan Dower > >_________________________________________________________________ >Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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