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Date:      Tue, 20 Jun 2000 13:12:19 +0930 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Mike Muir <mmuir@es.co.nz>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ULPT success anyone?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000620131219.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <394ED72D.E73F8741@es.co.nz>

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On 20-Jun-00 Mike Muir wrote:
> > Hopefully someone can prevent me from having to spring for a parallel
> > cable!
>  Just to follow up, usbd seems to be causing the panics.. Without it
>  running, i get some action from the printer (warms up and gets ready to
>  print) followed by this message from apsfilter's test print:
>  
>  Printing test page... 
>  -rw-------  1 root  wheel  1508497 Jun 19 19:28 /aps_testout.VW8581
>  eval: cannot create /dev/ulpt0: error 16
>  What might error 16 be?

Error 16 is 'device busy'. (/usr/include/sys/errno.h)

It happens with a parallel printer when its offline..

>  Seems as though some control is being sent along the wire, but the data
>  just isnt getting there.. any ideas?
>  
>  [ogre] [~] > ls -l /dev/ulpt0
>  crw-------   1 root     wheel    113,   0 Jun 19 19:15 /dev/ulpt0

I think it would be helpful if you posted the panic you are getting..

---
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum


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