From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 3 04:20:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D9CF16A4CE for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 04:20:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A778643FBF for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 04:20:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AGdgs-0005U9-00 for ; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 13:20:14 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AGdNR-0005CE-00 for ; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 13:00:09 +0100 Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AGdNR-0005Wi-00 for ; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 13:00:09 +0100 From: Daren Russell Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 12:00:09 +0000 Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <200311012038.21092.durham@jcdurham.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <200311012038.21092.durham@jcdurham.com> Sender: news Subject: Re: CUPS on 5.1-Release, No Parallel port ?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 12:20:18 -0000 Jim Durham wrote: > I was just trying to install a parallel printer on my 5.1-RELEASE > system to use with CUPS. > > The Printer is an HP-5L plugged into the parallel port. > > lpinfo -v show no parallel port device. ppc0 *does* show up in dmesg > and there is /dev/lpt0 in the devfs. Also, there is no parallel port > choice in the cups config screen. > > On my 4.9-RELEASE server, with an HP-6L plugged into the parallel > port, lpinfo -v shows "direct parallel /dev/lpt0" . Cups works > fine.there. > > I also looked on my laptop, running 5.1-RELEASE and the same thing is > true, lpinfo -v shows no parallel port. > > Looking in dmesg on the 4.9 system, the printer is identified by name > but not on the 5.1 system. > > Another curiosity....I have /etc/devfs.conf set up to do rules for > /dev/acd0 and /dev/pass0 to chmod them to 666. I also set this up for > /dev/lpt0 and it does not work, the port remains 600. Maybe this is a > clue? > > I Googled for this for quite some time and, although I saw others with > the same problem, there were no answers and I can't find a bug > report. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Hi, I don't know if this helps but I had the same problem with an Epson Inkjet with 5.1. Neither Cups/Freebsd would talk to the parallel port because the Epson was low on ink (!) If it wasn't even plugged in then no port was seen. As soon as I put in a fresh cartridge, it was detected and installed. I know it's likely to be different with a HP-5L, but it might be a pointer? Regards Daren