From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 9 19:46:39 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC95B16A401 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 19:46:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-250.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AE5413C474 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 19:46:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l29Jk5I6029356; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:46:06 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070309134522.024c3250@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:45:55 -0600 To: Milan Knizek , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <200703092025.34406.knizek@volny.cz> References: <200703092025.34406.knizek@volny.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Epson P2100 parallel port mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:46:39 -0000 You may be able to change the port setting in your BIOS, most newer BIOS=20 allow this. -Derek At 01:25 PM 3/9/2007, Milan Knizek wrote: >Hello list! > >I have spent some time installing Epson P2100 (aka P2200 in the U.S.) - the >USB connection did not work (printer was recognised, but any access to it >caused only a quick double-tick of the printing head and nothing more). The >good thing was that it supports also the parallel connection. > >Once connected via /dev/lpt0, the printer worked, but printed _very_ slowly >(and /var/log/messages announced irq storm on irq7). > >A search on google revealed that it is possible to switch the port mode >to "extended polling" by command "lptcontrol -e -d /dev/lpt0". Then, the >printer worked normally. > >"ltpcontrol" supports only connected (and powered on) printers, which is >usually not the case during boot, and it must be run with root privileges. > >My question: how do I set the default port mode to "extended polling" inst= ead >of "iterrupt driven" during the boot process? > >Thanks for ideas, >Milan > >P.S. >6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386 on ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe with Pentium D. > >dmesg: >ppc0: port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77f irq 7 drq 3= on >acpi0 >ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode >ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold >ppbus0: on ppc0 >... >lpt0: on ppbus0 >lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > > >-- >Milan Kn=C3=AD=9Eek >http://milan-knizek.net/ >e-mail knizek {na} volny {v} cz >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. --=20 This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.