Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 18:12:38 +0200 From: Stanley Jobson <stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpt0 always busy Message-ID: <20050925181238.6bfe01fb.stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> In-Reply-To: <200509252330.05256.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <20050924180909.78a29487.stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> <200509251923.53947.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20050925153304.4edf87cb.stanley.jobson@gmx.ch> <200509252330.05256.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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> > i have a separate box running win98. from this box i am able to use the > > printer with the orig vendor driver without any problem ... > > Hmm, well it's possible the serial port is broken.. maybe ... > > > > Are you sure nothing else is using the port? (lpd, cups, etc) > > > > i think so: lpd is not running and lsof | grep lpt doesnt show anything > > either : ( > > fstat /dev/lpt0 > and > fstat /dev/lpt0.ctl > > ? root@tyrael seb $ fstat /dev/lpt0.ctl USER CMD PID FD MOUNT INUM MODE SZ|DV R/W NAME root@tyrael seb $ fstat /dev/lpt0 USER CMD PID FD MOUNT INUM MODE SZ|DV R/W NAME root@tyrael seb $ > > > so i guess there could be a prob with the ready/status checking > > procedure > > This consists of checking the BUSY pin on the port.. > Parallel ports are (sans ECP/EPP extras) very very simple. > > Have you tried using lptcontrol to put it into simple mode? root@tyrael seb $ lptcontrol -s -d /dev/lpt0.ctl root@tyrael seb $ > What do you see in dmesg? lpt0: switched to interrupt-driven standard mode looks that everything is ok - not ? but open(/dev/lpt0) still complains about "device busy" ... thx regards, stan
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