Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 13:26:19 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: keith@mail.telestream.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lptest Message-ID: <390DE86B.9A83FE4B@3-cities.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10005011108340.32552-100000@mail.telestream.com>
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keith@mail.telestream.com wrote: > > I've been mucking about with a trying to get a printer rolling for a bit > now. I've read everything relating to it in > "The Complete FreeBSD 3rd edition" and can't get it to work. I keep > getting the following messages > > #] lptest > /dev/lpt0 > bash: /dev/lpt0: Device busy > #] > > Why would it tell me the device is busy? The status file for lpd gives > this message > > #] lptest 20 5 | lpr > #] cat status > waiting for lp to become ready (offline?) Do a man on lpc. Sometimes you have to do things like "lpc enable all" or to down and up the printer(s). Kent > #] > > Any ideas ? > > Keith > > ================================= > I here by change the name > of RedHat to RedSplat. > > Keith W. > At the helm <for better or worse> > ================================= > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Hunting Archibald Stewart, b 1802 in Ballymena, Antrim Co., NIR http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/genealogy/archibald_stewart.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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