On Monday 07 June 2004 01:36 pm, Fernando Gleiser wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Gerard Samuel wrote: > > A few weeks ago, I purchased a network printer, but unfortunately, > > I was unable to print to it from FreeBSD. > > They (Brother), recently release LPR drivers for the printer, but > > unfortunately, only as RPMs, intended for Linux distros. > > I have installed the rpm port, but trying to extract it, gives me an > > error about, being run on the wrong OS. > > 1. Install the linux compatibility stuff > 2. run /compat/linux/bin/bash > 3. do the rpm -i from within linux's bash. > 4. exit the linux bash > 5. use and enjoy :) >
Ill give this a shot tomorrow... _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
