> > so it seems that fbsd expects some kind of status reply from the > > printer - correct? > > > > if so: how could i by-pass this? (cause my ugly gdi printer is > > probably not able to answer correctly) i just wonna have access to > > my parallel port ... > > It expects that your printer will toggle the BUSY line as it should.. > I don't believe you'd be able to print on any OS if this was broken.
i have a separate box running win98. from this box i am able to use the printer with the orig vendor driver without any problem ... > > Are you sure nothing else is using the port? (lpd, cups, etc) > i think so: lpd is not running and lsof | grep lpt doesnt show anything either : ( so i guess there could be a prob with the ready/status checking procedure any other ideas? any idea how to by pass this check so other programs (like qemu) could simple use the port? maybe it s necessary to hack the lpt driver - but because i am not a kernel hacker (maybe a good c hacker :)) - some help with this would be really nice ... thx regards, stan _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
