Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:08:40 +0100 From: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> Cc: Michael Holmes <holmesmich@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Options for emulators/wine? Message-ID: <CADLo839y%2BYAazCim4vs7xKJFKPU0_GkUykE1NPqtOBCEy0EsLw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110926082753.567FB106566C@hub.freebsd.org> References: <CAPoyk0hGTSEU3r4hS=pyDtThRa6j4WbDe%2B7b4=Tefj76TBOiLw@mail.gmail.com> <20110926082753.567FB106566C@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 26 September 2011 09:27, Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> wrot= e: > from Michael Holmes <holmesmich@gmail.com>: > >> HAL shouldn't be necessary, but you might need to manually set up >> CUPS. Winemaker is just a tool for building open-source Windows apps >> on Wine with ease. There are a few GUI tools to set up CUPS, but if I >> recall correctly, the web interface to CUPS is pretty >> self-explanatory. HP do have a nice GUI called HPLIP for utilising >> their printers on Linux (and ported to FreeBSD) available on ports as >> print/hplip, but it doesn't work with the GENERIC console config, and >> seems to be quite awkward to set up (you apparently cannot load USB >> mass storage until the printer is 'adopted' by the generic USB stack). > > I don't know what you mean by "adopted" (by the generic USB stack): seems= mystic to me. Some rather strange printers will be recognised by umass before ugen recognises them; you have to plug it in before umass is loaded or it becomes a mass storage device. > CUPS would be necessary to setup printing for BSD and Linux, but would it= be necessary when using Wine and going the MS-Windows way? I'm not sure that the Windows printer stack is included in Wine, why would you rather do that than use CUPS? The gutenprint drivers are often of a higher quality than the manufacturer's provided ones, and they install less trash. > Package message said that ulpt had to be turned off in kernel config and = not loaded as a module. > > On the older computer, I tried unsuccessfully to setup the printer last J= une 29 from both NetBSD and FreeBSD, using hplip in both cases. =A0Predomin= ant message was "No devices found". > > NetBSD pkgsrc had only an outdated hpijs, but pkgsrc-wip (http://pkgsrc-w= ip.sourceforge.net/) had hplip. =A0Message said also to disable umass, but = that was too harsh, and prevented recognizing USB sticks. As mentioned before, disable umass, and once the printer has been recognise reload umass. > Would Linux offer a better chance with hplip than BSD? =A0I tried also wi= th Linux (Slackware 13.0), but hplip version was behind, and that failed. > > There is also the Ethernet option with the printer, but I need an Etherne= t switch or additional router for that, which I intend to order. > > First attempt to build hplip on the new computer failed due to libieee128= 4 dependency being for i386 only. =A0Subsequently I turned off that option = after finding it was for parallel-port scanners only, not USB. > CUPS almost always makes things printer-related a million times easier. Don't forget it's the main printing system in the modern Macs-- Apple manage to make it work with almost anything! Chris
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