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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!abe From: abe@netcom.com (David Abercrombie) Subject: [386bsd] Printing troubles after patchkit upgrade Message-ID: <abeC6I7Dr.8w9@netcom.com> Keywords: /dev/lp, patchkit, print Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Date: Tue, 4 May 1993 13:13:03 GMT Lines: 24 I just upgraded from patchkit 0.2.2 to 0.2.3 How can I start using the printer drivers that come with the patchkit? Symptoms: 1) with /dev/lp0, I get a reboot if I try to print using lpr. 2) with /dev/lpa0 or /dev/lpa0p, I get only empty sheets of paper. What am I missing? Everything compiles OK, no *.rej files were created, and whichever printing device I have selected in my kernel configuration file shows up OK at autoboot. I ran MAKEDEV and linked /dev/lp to whichever driver I had selected for testing. I tried edited /etc/printcap a little, but to no avail... Thanks! -- Dave Abercrombie abe@netcom.com (415) 442-0102 lyra!abe@wet.com