Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:10:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:10:40 -0400 Received: from filesrv1.baby-dragons.com ([199.33.245.55]:20490 "EHLO filesrv1.baby-dragons.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 20:10:26 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:10:22 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mr. James W. Laferriere" To: Tim Waugh cc: Linux Kernel Maillist Subject: Re: Is printing broke on sparc ? In-Reply-To: <20010417134257.J29490@redhat.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 05:54:41PM -0700, Mr. James W. Laferriere wrote: > > # /etc/printcap > > # Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are doing! > > # Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict format! > > # Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info. > > # This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel. > > ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL POSTSCRIPT 300x300 letter {} PostScript Default {} > > lp:\ > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > > :mx#0:\ > > :sh:\ > > :lp=/dev/lp0:\ > > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter: > [...] > > /c#eodiecnyotai rhernili s to rpaemn > > s eehpo o-.ROLPR0 roif{\=sl:x > > /p:ao/lr > This looks like characters are getting missed out, rather than > anything getting garbled. The above characters all appear in > /etc/printcap in the order shown. Obviously there isn't enough > redundancy in /etc/printcap for the print-out to be useful despite > that. :-) ;-) . > Please try adjusting the 'udelay (1)' lines in > drivers/parport/ieee1284_ops.c:parport_ieee1284_write_compat to be > larger delays (for example, try replacing the 1s with 2s, or 5s, and > see if that makes things better). I am going to look and see if there might be a ioctl for that function . Failing that I shall recompile the kernel with each of those values & test until successful or it seems futile . > Let me know what you need to change to get it working. > Thanks, > Tim. > */ Tnx , JimL +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | | Network Engineer | 25416 22nd So | Give me Linux | | babydr@baby-dragons.com | DesMoines WA 98198 | only on AXP | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/