Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 15:23:48 -0500 (CDT) From: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> To: Jai Dhar <jdhar@omega.focalnetworks.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parallel port writing Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205101523260.4473-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net> In-Reply-To: <20020510150450.J41234-100000@omega.focalnetworks.net>
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you arent root? or, more likely, lpd owns it! On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jai Dhar wrote: > I have a question about writing to parallel ports. > I am trying to make a basic C program to write simple data to a parallel > port, but when I try, I get an error on opening /dev/lpt0 as "Device Busy" > I tried echo 255 > /dev/lpt0, and also got "Device Busy". When looking at > all my processes, I didn't see anything that visibly took control of > /dev/lpt0. In dmesg, I get both ppc0 and lpt0 detected with an IRQ and IO > address fine. What could be wrong? Thank you > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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