> On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Jimmie Farmer wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Tim Waugh wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Jimmie Farmer wrote:
> > >
> > > > I may not be describing this well, but what I mean is if you have
> > > > your printer already turned on, and reboot the computer, normally during
> > > > the boot sequence the printer will start making noises like it was just
> > > > turned on too.
> > >
> > > Ah, yes, you're quite right. Try this patch and let me know if the noises
> > > come back.
> >
> > Yes, they did, but with this patch I once again could not print.
> > I think my printer is posessed. =-\
>
> Oh dear. What exactly are the symptoms?
Well, it is polled at boot, then when I try to print, the printer
either goes offline, or it acts like I just turned it back on, then
nothing.
malchick:calvin:~#lpq
lp is ready and printing
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
active calvin 80 patch-lp 1208 bytes
> What, for example, happens when you try to echo to /dev/lp{whatever} as
> root?
malchick:calvin:~#cat patch-lp > /dev/lp0
/dev/lp0: Device or resource busy.
malchick:calvin:~#echo pewp > /dev/lp0
/dev/lp0: Device or resource busy.
malchick:calvin:~#cp patch-lp /dev/lp0
cp: cannot create regular file `/dev/lp0': Device or resource busy
> What do the files in /proc/parport have to say?
malchick:calvin:~#ls -la /proc/parport
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Sep 22 22:52 .
dr-xr-xr-x 49 root root 0 Sep 22 15:45 ..
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Sep 22 22:52 0
Let me know if you need anything else.
I know this is totally unrelated, but I *hate* Canon printers, and
will never buy another as long as I live. =-\
Sincerely,
Jimmie Farmer
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