A follow-up.. I installed FreeBSD 5.4 on the same machine. I tried "lptest > /dev/lpt0" and received the following message:
Interrupt storm detected on "irq7: lpt0"; throttling interrupt source So ok, there's a problem with the interrupt line. I then remembered reading something about that in the FreeBSD handbook printing section. Indeed, in section 9.3.1.3.1 it is reported that some "newer" HP printers (I use a HP LaserJet 1100) don't work correctly in interrupt mode. So I followed the easiest route to change to polling mode, by using "lptcontrol -p -d /dev/lpt0". That worked (somewhat, only one line was printed). I guess I would have to install the proper filters for my printer to work under FBSD. I found the following message in the OBSD mailing-list: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2003-10/0578.html I'll read the lpt man page! Pascal On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:29:42 -0700, "OpenBSD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I installed OpenBSD 3.7 on a Compaq Presario 5304. That is an old > (about 7 years old I believe) PC. The dmesg is appended to this > email. > > I noticed two rather strange problems during the installation and the > post-installation. > > During the installation, at the disklabeling step, I entered "a a" to > add the root partition. The computer just froze. I had to turn it > off. I redid the exact same steps and on the second time it just > worked. Strange. > > BTW, I believe this machine is reliable. It has been running Windows > 2000 day and night for more than a year without a crash. I understand > that shit can happen though. Maybe the RAM went kaput or..... > > The other problem I encountered was while I tried to setup my laser > printer. To check if I OpenBSD was able to talk to the printer, I > typed "lptest > /dev/lpt0". On the first try, the computer just > rebooted. On the second, it froze. (lptd was enabled in > rc.conf.local) > > Any idea? > > Thanks, > Pascal > > p.s.: sorry about the possible bad English. It ain't my native > tongue. > > p.p.s.: I read the afterboot(8), the whole FAQ, the FreeBSD Handbook > printer section and a whole lot of pages found through Google. It > seems I am one of a kind (well, the PC is..) :) > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > the dmesg output: > > OpenBSD 3.7 (GENERIC) #50: Sun Mar 20 00:01:57 MST 2005 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC > cpu0: Cyrix 6x86MX ("CyrixInstead" 686-class) 250 MHz > cpu0: FPU,DE,TSC,MSR,CX8,PGE,CMOV,MMX,TM2,CNXT-ID > real mem = 62431232 (60968K) > avail mem = 49500160 (48340K) > using 787 buffers containing 3223552 bytes (3148K) of memory > mainbus0 (root) > bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(7b) BIOS, date 05/08/99, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ > 0xfb470 > apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 > apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown > pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0xb90c > pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfdf00/144 (7 entries) > pcibios0: PCI Exclusive IRQs: 3 5 10 11 > pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:01:0 ("SIS 85C503 System" rev > 0x00) > pcibios0: PCI bus #1 is the last bus > bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 > cpu0 at mainbus0 > pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios) > pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "SIS 530 PCI" rev 0x02 > pciide0 at pci0 dev 0 function 1 "SIS 5513 EIDE" rev 0xd0: 530: DMA, > channel 0 w > ired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility > wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST34311A> > wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 4112MB, 8421840 sectors > wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 > atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 > scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets > cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LITEON, CD-ROM LTN323, DQ15> SCSI0 > 5/cdrom remova > ble > cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 > pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "SIS 85C503 System" rev 0xb1 > "SIS 5595 System" rev 0x00 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 not configured > ohci0 at pci0 dev 1 function 2 "SIS 5597/5598 USB" rev 0x11: irq 3, > version 1.0, > legacy support > usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0 at usb0 > uhub0: SIS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 > uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered > ppb0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "SIS 86C201 AGP" rev 0x00 > pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 > vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "SIS 530 VGA" rev 0xa2: aperture at > 0xe5000000, si > ze 0x400000 > wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) > wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) > rl0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "Realtek 8139" rev 0x10: irq 11 address > 00:50:ba:8 > c:dc:42 > rlphy0 at rl0 phy 0: RTL internal phy > vr0 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "VIA Rhine/RhineII" rev 0x06: irq 10 > address 00:50 > :ba:e7:fa:ba > amphy0 at vr0 phy 8: Am79C873 10/100 PHY, rev. 0 > eso0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "ESS SOLO-1 AudioDrive" rev 0x01: ES1946, > irq 5 > audio0 at eso0 > opl0 at eso0: model OPL3 > midi0 at opl0: <ESO Yamaha OPL3> > isa0 at pcib0 > isadma0 at isa0 > pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 > pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) > pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot > wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux 1 ignored for console): console keyboard, using > wsdisplay0 > pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) > pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot > wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 > pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 > midi1 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> > sysbeep0 at pcppi0 > lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 > lm0 at isa0 port 0x290/8: LM78 > npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16 > pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo > fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 > fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec > eso0: mapping Audio 1 DMA using I/O space at 0x410 > biomask e34d netmask ef4d ttymask ffcf > pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled > dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80 > root on wd0a > rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 > WARNING: / was not properly unmounted > -- > OpenBSD > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... 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