I posted the following question about Solaris 2.1 parallel port...
here are the replies...
thanks to all that took a moment to help out.
I could find NO "makedev" in Solaris 2.1, even if I could...
I would take C.Gibson's reply that parallel service is NOT supported
as somehow still a problem, even if I "madedev bpp0" :-)
Arlin
Original Post:
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Newsgroups: info.sun-managers
Subject: Solaris 2.1 - where is // port?? bpp0
Organization: Univ. of Texas at Dallas
I have a SS10-30 with Solaris 2.1 and would like to attach/use
a HP550C on the parallel port as a local printer.
This system is standalone for the next several weeks.
The book (setting up users,mail,printers... p119)
says to set up with port /dev/term/bpp0
I have 'a' and 'b' for serial ports, but NO bpp0
==> How do I create bpp0
to map to my parallel port???
next question is likely to be:
what do I use in terminfo for an HP deskjet??
for HP500, HP500C, or this HP550C ???
Replies/Responses/Reactions...
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From: C.Gibson@computer-centre.hull.ac.uk
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 03:43:12 -0500
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.1 - where is // port?? bpp0
We've not installed Solaris 2.1 yet, but in the Solaris 2.1 Open
Issues, page 6-1 (Late-Breaking News) it sayeth:
"6.1 No Parallel Printing Support
The Solaris 2.1 release does not support parallel printing."
That could be the problem (and wow, what a problem !)
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 03:45:56 -0500
From: sven@alkestis.mpim-bonn.mpg.de (Sven Maurmann)
(Systems administrator at Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics,
Bonn -- Germany)
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.1 - where is // port?? bpp0
Answer to your first question is: The configuration also of the devices
under SunOS 5.x is done during the boot sequence; you should reboot the
system with -r after having attached the printer.
I should mention that this is only a theoretical knowledge, since I never
used a parallel port with SunOS 5.2, but it certainly works with tapes or
disks.
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 07:38:23 -0500
From: shandelm@jpmorgan.com (Joel Shandelman
FIMS Information Systems - 212-648-4480)
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.1 - where is // port?? bpp0
Check the MAKEDEV file /dev if there is one in Solaris. See what it says
about bpp0. I don't have SOlaris 2.x yet so I can't be of more help.
You may have to do something like MAKEDEV bpp0 in the /dev directory.
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 07:56:06 -0500
From: bilkerla@pluto.crd.ge.com (Lawrence A. Bilker)
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.1 - where is // port?? bpp0
I would like to know how to set up the parallel port too.
Lawrence A. Bilker InterNet: bilker@crd.ge.com
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From: bert@penril.com (Bert Robbins)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 08:45:40 -0500
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.1 - where is // port?? bpp0
Look in the file /dev/MAKEDEV for the proper parameter to pass to
this file which will create the device node.
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