Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 17:40:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: lpt0:: "Device busy" Message-ID: <199608050040.RAA05103@athena.tera.com>
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After 8 or 9 months, I finally decided to take serious steps in getting my DeskJet running under FBSD. I checked the line connection and made sure that the printer is plugged into LPT1 on my box; then check my i386/conf/TAO file. And yup, everything looks kosher. lpt0 is on irq7, etc. I did the ``lptcontrol -i -u 0'' bit as mentioned in the docs. Made sure that the printer was on and functional. It is. Then I did the # lptest > /dev/lpt0 and get back the "Device busy" message. Before I risk life and limb or other injury triple checking hardware connections, can anyone suggest possible snafus? I just bought an extention cable to hook up the printer. It is likely that something somewhere is loose? or in the problem more or less arcane? Thanks! gary PS: This time I did check dejanews and found that this question was recently posed: nothing back yet... <><> The richer your friends, the more they will cost you.
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