Subject: Re: Printing woes (lpd causes kernal panic - machine check)
From: Hollis R Blanchard (hollis+@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 27 2000 - 23:32:56 MST
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Stephen Paullada wrote:
> I set up the printer following along the install YDL 1.2.1 routine. I tried
> printing a test page which caused a complete lock-up of the system. On
> reboot, lpd causes a "kernal panic - machine check". If I interactively
> start up and say no to lpd, the server boots fine - just no printing. I
> have an 8500, which, like all old macs, uses a serial port for modem and
> printer. Does that mean that there's a different "/dev/" path, ie it's not
> "lp0"? So...
It's definately not lp0; that's for parallel ports if I'm not mistaken...
You should use /dev/ttyS0 for the modem port and ttyS1 for the printer
port. Confirm by looking in your dmesg (saved at /var/log/dmesg).
-Hollis
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