Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:11:34 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "DA. Forsyth" <spamRemoveFree@iwr.ru.ac.ZA> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting LPT1 to polled mode via acpi Message-ID: <20040629141133.GB81324@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <230701088494370-8322179b0a16f@IWR50.412.spamsucks.net> References: <230701088494370-8322179b0a16f@IWR50.412.spamsucks.net>
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In the last episode (Jun 29), DA. Forsyth said: > I've got 5.2.1-RELEASE on a P4 1.1Ghz machine I've setup a HP > laserjet (iiP) on the first parallel port using a simple filter to > get the lines feeding correctly. > > Sometimes it actually prints, but mostly it will send the job to the > printer then WAAAAAIT till I formfeed. After that it will NOT access > the printer. LPQ reports jobs in the queue, but also says 'waiting > for lp to become ready (offline?)' > > the printer is not offline. the cable it ok etc etc etc resetting > etc in LPC makes no difference > > I just need some simple text printing from this thing, can it really > be so hard? > > dmesg says about 'ppc' > ppc0 port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0 > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode > ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0 > which is correct > > anyhow, I read the printing bit of the handbook, which referred me to > the IRQ setting and mentions some HP printers not working in IRQ > mode. I commented the relevant line in /boot/device.hints and > rebooted no change. Use the lptcontrol command to switch between polling and interrupt mode. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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