Hi,
> Lets do this in stages...
Thanks for your patience - I can now print OK.
> 2. Verify that the parallel port works and the
> driver is attached
> * # cat /tmp/golfer.ljet4 >/dev/printers/0
> * # cat /tmp/golfer.hl1250 >/dev/printers/0
> * lights should flash, paper should come
> out.
This failed. Nothing happened - no lights or any noise from the printer.
I tried each command after a reboot. "pfiles (pid)" showed:
1070: cat golfer.hl1250
Current rlimit: 256 file descriptors
0: S_IFCHR mode:0620 dev:274,0 ino:449061667 uid:100 gid:7 rdev:24,3
O_RDWR
/dev/pts/3
1: S_IFCHR mode:0666 dev:273,0 ino:62390276 uid:0 gid:3 rdev:119,0
O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE
/devices/isa/lp at 1,378:ecpp0
2: S_IFCHR mode:0620 dev:274,0 ino:449061667 uid:100 gid:7 rdev:24,3
O_RDWR
/dev/pts/3
3: S_IFREG mode:0644 dev:102,0 ino:12690 uid:0 gid:0 size:306817
O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE
/root/golfer.hl1250
I don't know what to do about this - printing from MSXP on this laptop (using
parallel) is OK.
This prompted me to unplug the parallel cable and swap to a USB connection.
Using the GUI printmgr tool I was able to correctly configure my printer - it
Just Works.
I swapped the port to "/dev/printers/1".
>From "/dev/printers":
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 57 Apr 4 16:41 1 -> ../../devices/pci at
0,0/pci144d,c008 at 1d,1/printer at 1:printer
I can print from OpenOffice.org, Firefox and...
> As Ghee pointed out, there is an evince bug that
> causes it not to print
> full PDF files. You can workaround this by printing
> to a file and
> printing the file.
I can print PDF's from within Evince without any problems (I don't need to
specify ranges).
> BFUing your system won't give you
> the fix, you need
> to install from a dvd image based on snv_61 or later.
I have re-installed 5.11 snv_55b from the DVD I got in the mail.
> BFU only updates
> ne portion of the Solaris bits on your system (the ON
> bits). Solaris
> is a combination of bits from multiple sources. The
> ON bits are at the
> core, but there are other groups that deliver the X
> server, desktop,
> ... If you BFU'd your system, you will need to do a
> fresh install
> before you can upgrade again. BFU doesn't update the
> packaging DB and
> as a result, upgrade isn't likely to work. FWIW, I
> have my systems set
> up to live upgrade and I do so at pretty much each
> build.
Oh, I see.
> -Norm
Well, one step forward - thanks Norm and Ghee.
Best regards,
Stuart.
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