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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.erols.net!nntp04.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!news2.cais.com!cais.cais.com!hatch From: hatch@cais.cais.com (William E. Hatch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Parallel port lp0 in 2.1 Date: 25 Aug 1996 23:51:59 GMT Organization: Sent via CAIS Internet <info@cais.com> Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4vqouv$2n5@news2.cais.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cais.com I recently tried to connect an HP laserjet 5MP to my bsdi 2.1 system (most but not all patches applied). My parallel port appears to be hardware configured OK. I rebooted the machine with the printer turned on and connected. lp0 did not appear on the boot up list of recognized devices and attempts to cat a file to /dev/lp0 produced a message "port not configured". According to the bsdi 2.1 install guide, the O/S should recognize the parallel port automatically. Do I need to do anything to configure the parallel port to the O/S ? Or do I need to carry my computer back to the dealer and get a hardware checkout of the parallel port ? bill hatch