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Date:      Tue, 9 Jul 2019 12:51:13 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        d7o9idh8jlaj@opayq.com
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Printer/usb problems
Message-ID:  <20190709125113.16429f12.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <c089ffbe-55a3-ba3d-d68d-1f968a881f8b@bredband2.com>
References:  <c089ffbe-55a3-ba3d-d68d-1f968a881f8b@bredband2.com>

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On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 03:56:45 +0200, d7o9idh8jlaj@opayq.com wrote:
> Hello list!
> 
> 10.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE #0 r324094: Fri Sep 29 01:45:44 UTC 
> 2017     root@releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
> 
> Trying to get my printer working again, but it won't.
> 
> Error is: lpd[596]: /dev/unlpt0: No such file or directory.
> Same error with /dev/ulpt0
> 
> So I'm a bit stuck.

So back to the basics.

When you attach the printer, what message is added to the "dmesg"
output? Is the printer recognized at all (ugen)? This should be
the first step in finding out why no u(n)lpt device is created.

-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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