From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 13 13:27:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA28996 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 13:27:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sparc.icr.com.au (root@sparc.icr.com.au [203.17.49.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA28988 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 13:27:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dale@icr.com.au) Received: from sparc.icr.com.au (dale@localhost.icr.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by sparc.icr.com.au (8.8.8+3.0Wbeta13/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA05009; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 06:27:52 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dale@icr.com.au) Message-Id: <199807132027.GAA05009@sparc.icr.com.au> To: Doug White cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printer on terminal on modem In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Jul 1998 12:56:24 MST." Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 06:27:51 +1000 From: Dale Walker - Manager Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doug White said: >On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Dale Walker - Manager wrote: > >> The Problem: After approx 15 lines or so of printer output the output >> gets garbled... sometimes it overwrites or staircases, sometimes the >> text is repeated. My first thoughts were on flow control, but I'm a bit >> unsure as to how to tackle it. I have tried some different fs and xs >> settings in the printcap file, however they seemed to have little to no >> effect. > >Does the terminal's and the modem's flow control settings match? That's >what's important. > >Doug White | University of Oregon I'm fairly sure that it was right, I have tried a couple of different ways.. Server -->stty crtscts settings--> modem ....... modem (default setting &K3 (local flow control to RTS/CTS)-->Wy60 I have tried setting the wyse60 to x-on/x-off, rts/cts, and both;, each time I get a similar printout Assumptions: 1. printer to terminal, using straight through db25M-M cable and select "both" for handskae protocol. 2. modem on the server is set to rts/cts. Thanks for the assistance, Cheers, Dale -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dale Walker dale@icr.com.au Manager/Sysadmin - ICRnet Independent Computer Retailers (ICR) http://www.icr.com.au Ph: +61 7 4636 4625 Fax: +61 7 4636 3513 helpdesk@icr.com.au -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him - Is he still wrong? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message