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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!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!easix!knobel!andreas From: andreas@knobel.GUN.de (Andreas Klemm) Subject: Re: [NetBSD] Questions on setting up UUCP, printers, SLIP Organization: Andreas Klemm, D-4040 Neuss 21 References: <1993May24.100534.7102@siemens.co.at> Message-ID: <1993May30.112240.2358@knobel.GUN.de> Date: Sun, 30 May 93 11:22:40 GMT Lines: 41 In <1993May24.100534.7102@siemens.co.at> pse5327@siemens.co.at (Abolghassem Salahi) writes: |.. |First printers. I created lpt0 and lpt1 withe the MAKEDEV script in |/dev, removed the leading hashes from /etc/printcap, tried linking |each of /dev/lpt[01] to /dev/lp in turn, enabled printing with lpc |and still it doesn't work. If I use lpq then the jobs are shown in |the queue. Indeed the 'ready' light never comes on during bootup |(as it does with DOS). Anybody know what I'm doing wrong ? |.. Perhaps you try the interruptless driver ? #device lpt0 at isa? port "IO_LPT3" tty irq 7 vector lptintr device lpa0 at isa? port "IO_LPT1" tty #device lpa1 at isa? port "IO_LPT2" tty I have a sio/parallel interface card where the line printer device is on: lpa0 at 0x378-0x37f on isa Then make a ( cd /dev ; sh MAKEDEV lpa0 ) if necessary. My printcap entry: lp|text_mode|HP Deskjet 500 with cr/nl conversion:\ :lp=/dev/lpa0:\ :of=/usr/lib/lp/crnl:\ cr --> cr/nl conv prg, :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ perhaps uneccesary for you ! :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\ :af=/var/account/lp:\ :df=/home/bin/dvips:\ :pc#1000:\ :sh:\ :mx#0: Hope, that helps. -- ---- Andreas Klemm ------- /////// andreas@knobel.GUN.de \\\\\\\ private : +49 2137 12609 D-4040 Neuss 21 (Norf), Germany at work : +49 2173 3964 161 Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Telefax : +49 2173 3964 222 Abteilung Unix Support, D-4019 Monheim