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From: dreamer@mits.mdata.fi (Marko Karppinen)
Subject: Printer setup problems
Organization: Microdata Oy
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1993 17:24:48 GMT
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I am running 386BSD 0.1-0.2.3, and having a problem. I can't get
the printer port to work! When I config a lpa0 -port to the kernel,
/dev/lpa0 says "device not configured", and when I config a lpt0 -port,
/dev/lpt0 says "status 0, device busy". I know most of you have working
printer ports, so tell me what I am doing wrong!

Configurations that I tried:
device   lpa0   at isa? port "IO_LPT1" tty (in /sys/i386/conf/MYNAME)
/dev/lpa0 major 25, minor 0

device   lpt0   at isa? port "IO_LPT1" tty irq 7 vector lptintr
/dev/lpt0 major 16, minor 0

Again, any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Marko