*BSD News Article 17997


Return to BSD News archive

Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!sylvester.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail
From: vax@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu (Vax)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: Got info on lpt, lpa
Date: 6 Jul 1993 02:44:24 -0500
Organization: The University of Texas - Austin
Lines: 20
Message-ID: <21bago$ovk@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu>
References: <219sba$9ld@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> <1993Jul5.210431.26714@gmd.de>
NNTP-Posting-Host: sylvester.cc.utexas.edu

In article <1993Jul5.210431.26714@gmd.de> veit@borneo.gmd.de (Holger Veit) writes:
>
>Are you sure you have a full standard centronics cable? With *all*
>lines connected and proper shielding? I also thought I'd have one

Well, it worked fine (under 386bsd) until I applied the last patch kit (0.2.3).
I was using the interrupless-lpt.shar package from agate, and it appears
that the latest patchkit uses that; but to be honest with you, I can't be
sure.  In any case, -something- is different, and I don't have the skill
to diagnose what it is;  I just hope that someone who was involved in
adding the lpt/lpa drivers to the latest patchkit will recognize
what is wrong and fix it soon.
Does the lpt/lpa that comes with pk-0.2.3 use any new lines in the cable?
I'm not sure.  Anyone?
What the difference in the "official" lpt/lpa and the interruptless-lpt.shar
kit on agate?
Note: Someone else mailed me, stating they had this problem also.
-- 
Protect our endangered bandwidth - reply by email.  NO BIG SIGS!
VaX#n8 vax@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu - finger for more info if you even care.