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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.bugs:2162 comp.os.386bsd.questions:9489 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!news From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD doesn't recognize my printer Date: 28 Mar 1994 18:28:32 +0200 Organization: EUnet Deutschland GmbH, Dortmund, Germany Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2n70jg$667@Germany.EU.net> References: <SWILDNER.94Mar25154003@channelz.GUN.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: qwerty.germany.eu.net In article <SWILDNER.94Mar25154003@channelz.GUN.de>, swildner@channelz.GUN.de (Sascha Wildner) writes: |> device lpa0 at isa? port "IO_LPT1" tty |> device lpa1 at isa? port "IO_LPT2" tty |> lpa0 not found at 0x378 |> lpa1 not found at 0x278 |> Is there anything else to do to configure the printer? Have you tried disconnecting the cable during the boot process ? The probe routine in the lpa and lpt driver is crud, though it claims to replace a routine that used to be in there that was even crudder. I have found the only reliable bit on the control port is the interrupt control bit; all the other bits may or mat not read back correctly depending on whether you write a 0 or a 1 and depending on the cable, the printer, and possibly dip switches of the printer, and the i/o card in use. |> P.S.: After booting, my printer doesn't respond to any front panel |> key? The reset line is held at the reset level, or the printer is switched offline by the computer, or both. I'll probably end up being a kernel hacker if I go on for much longer :) -Bernard