Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
Without knowing anything about this the line that looks odd to me says: D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:37 +1000] [Job 1] /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip: No such file or directory That's the problem. I've printed the test page from CUPS. I googled and found foomatic at linuxprinting.org. After a little reading I searched ports and found foomatic-filters. After installing, it told me that it wanted a2ps, enscript, etc. I installed a2ps which suggested that I deinstall it and install psutils, which I did. Thanks for your patient assistance Uli malcolm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On 28/04/2006, at 9:36 AM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 27/04/2006, at 7:33 AM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I've set up a printer. location: lpt0 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs device URI: parallel:/dev/lpt0 Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-possible The most probable reason for this is that some user permissions are set incorrectly. We have to analyze this step by step. 1) Try to print directly from the command line: # printf "Hello World \f" > /dev/lpt0 If your printer is connected correctly to your parallel port, *something* should be printed out. as user I get "cannot create /dev/lpt0: Permission denied" That is o.k.. You should try to setup your printer as root first anyway: you always can solve problems with lower user permissions later on. as root I get a blank page So at least your printer can print the form feed character "\f" :-) As Robert Huff suggested in his mail one reason might be wrong permissions of your spooler directory. 2) If you haven't set it otherwise it should be found at /var/spool/cups 3) # cd /var/spool/ # ls -l should show this drwx--x--- 3 root daemon 1536 26 Apr 19:44 cups 4) Inside /var/spool/cups you should find some files with names like c1 c2 c3 and so on, each representing one print job. Yes, I have that. Changing permissions on /var/spool/cups/ to 777 hasn't changed things. Each time I try to print a test page from the cups "Printers" page the job is aborted. mystified. O.K. Lets try to have a look at logfiles Ad the line LogLevel debug to your /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf and restart cups # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart When I print the test page I get this in /var/log/cups/error_log mine is below. Without knowing anything about this the line that looks odd to me says: D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:37 +1000] [Job 1] /usr/local/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip: No such file or directory -- I [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] Listening to 0:631 D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] AddLocation: added location '/' D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] DenyIP: / deny / D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] AllowIP: / allow 7f01/ D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] AddLocation: added location '/admin' D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] DenyIP: /admin deny / D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] AllowIP: /admin allow 7f01/ I [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] Loaded configuration file "/usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf" I [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] Configured for up to 100 clients. I [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host. I [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] Full reload is required. D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadAllPrinters: Loading printer HL1230... D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadDevices: Added device "ipp"... D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadDevices: Added device "lpd"... D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadDevices: Added device "parallel:/dev/lpt0"... D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadDevices: Added device "serial:/dev/ttyd0?baud=115200"... D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadDevices: Added device "serial:/dev/ttyd1?baud=115200"... D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadDevices: Added device "socket"... D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadDevices: Added device "http"... I [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadPPDs: Read "/usr/local/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 17 PPDs... I [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs... D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] LoadAllJobs: Scanning /var/spool/cups... I [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] Full reload complete. D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] StartListening: NumListeners=1 D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] StartListening: address= port=631 D [28/Apr/2006:09:45:55 +1000] ResumeListening: setting input bits... D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] AcceptClient: 5 from localhost:631. D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] ReadClient: 5 GET /printers/HL1230 HTTP/1.1 D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] CGI /usr/local/libexec/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi started - PID = 804 I [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] Started "/usr/local/libexec/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=804) D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] SendCommand: 5 file=7 D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] AcceptClient: 8 from localhost:631. D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] ReadClient: 8 POST / HTTP/1.1 D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] ProcessIPPRequest: 8 status_code=1 D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] ReadClient: 8 POST / HTTP/1.1 D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] ProcessIPPRequest: 8 status_code=1 D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] ReadClient: 8 POST / HTTP/1.1 D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] ProcessIPPRequest: 8 status_code=1 D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] CloseClient: 8 D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29 +1000] AcceptClient: 7 from localhost:631. D [28/Apr/2006:09:54:29
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 27/04/2006, at 7:33 AM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I've set up a printer. location: lpt0 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs device URI: parallel:/dev/lpt0 Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-possible The most probable reason for this is that some user permissions are set incorrectly. We have to analyze this step by step. 1) Try to print directly from the command line: # printf "Hello World \f" > /dev/lpt0 If your printer is connected correctly to your parallel port, *something* should be printed out. as user I get "cannot create /dev/lpt0: Permission denied" That is o.k.. You should try to setup your printer as root first anyway: you always can solve problems with lower user permissions later on. as root I get a blank page So at least your printer can print the form feed character "\f" :-) As Robert Huff suggested in his mail one reason might be wrong permissions of your spooler directory. 2) If you haven't set it otherwise it should be found at /var/spool/cups 3) # cd /var/spool/ # ls -l should show this drwx--x--- 3 root daemon 1536 26 Apr 19:44 cups 4) Inside /var/spool/cups you should find some files with names like c1 c2 c3 and so on, each representing one print job. Yes, I have that. Changing permissions on /var/spool/cups/ to 777 hasn't changed things. Each time I try to print a test page from the cups "Printers" page the job is aborted. mystified. O.K. Lets try to have a look at logfiles Ad the line LogLevel debug to your /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf and restart cups # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart When I print the test page I get this in /var/log/cups/error_log -- I [28/Apr/2006:01:25:10 +0200] Started "/usr/local/libexec/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cg i" (pid=15433) D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:10 +0200] SendCommand: 5 file=7 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:17 +0200] ReadClient: 5 GET /printers/ HTTP/1.1 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:17 +0200] CGI /usr/local/libexec/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi started - PID = 15434 I [28/Apr/2006:01:25:17 +0200] Started "/usr/local/libexec/cups/cgi-bin/printers .cgi" (pid=15434) D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:17 +0200] SendCommand: 5 file=8 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:17 +0200] AcceptClient: 7 from localhost:631. D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:17 +0200] ReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:17 +0200] ProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=1 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:17 +0200] ReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:17 +0200] ProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=1 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:17 +0200] CloseClient: 7 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] AcceptClient: 7 from 192.168.10.1:631. D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] ReadClient: 7 GET /printers/hpdj?op=print-test-pa ge HTTP/1.1 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] CGI /usr/local/libexec/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi started - PID = 15435 I [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] Started "/usr/local/libexec/cups/cgi-bin/printers .cgi" (pid=15435) D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] SendCommand: 7 file=9 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] AcceptClient: 8 from localhost:631. D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] ReadClient: 8 POST /printers/hpdj HTTP/1.1 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] print_job: request file type is application/posts cript. D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] check_quotas: requesting-user-name = '' D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] print_job: requesting-user-name = '' D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] Adding default job-sheets values "none,none"... I [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] Adding start banner page "none" to job 75. I [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] Adding end banner page "none" to job 75. I [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] Job 75 queued on 'hpdj' by ''. D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] Job 75 hold_until = 0 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob(75, 0x81a8800) D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob() id = 75, file = 0/1 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] job-sheets=none,none D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] banner_page = 0 D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: argv = "hpdj","75","","Test Page","1"," ","/var/spool/cups/d00075-001" D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: envp[0]="PATH=/usr/local/libexec/cups/f ilter:/bin:/usr/bin" D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: envp[1]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.1" D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: envp[2]="USER=root" D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: envp[3]="CHARSET=utf-8" D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: envp[4]="LANG=en_US" D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: envp[5]="PPD=/usr/local/etc/cups/ppd/hp dj.ppd" D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/usr/local/etc /cups" D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: envp[7]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=8m" D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: envp[8]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp" D [28/Apr/2006:01:25:21 +0200] StartJob: envp[9]="CO
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On 27/04/2006, at 7:33 AM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I've set up a printer. location: lpt0 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs device URI: parallel:/dev/lpt0 Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-possible The most probable reason for this is that some user permissions are set incorrectly. We have to analyze this step by step. 1) Try to print directly from the command line: # printf "Hello World \f" > /dev/lpt0 If your printer is connected correctly to your parallel port, *something* should be printed out. as user I get "cannot create /dev/lpt0: Permission denied" That is o.k.. You should try to setup your printer as root first anyway: you always can solve problems with lower user permissions later on. as root I get a blank page So at least your printer can print the form feed character "\f" :-) As Robert Huff suggested in his mail one reason might be wrong permissions of your spooler directory. 2) If you haven't set it otherwise it should be found at /var/spool/cups 3) # cd /var/spool/ # ls -l should show this drwx--x--- 3 root daemon 1536 26 Apr 19:44 cups 4) Inside /var/spool/cups you should find some files with names like c1 c2 c3 and so on, each representing one print job. Yes, I have that. Changing permissions on /var/spool/cups/ to 777 hasn't changed things. Each time I try to print a test page from the cups "Printers" page the job is aborted. mystified. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I've set up a printer. location: lpt0 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs device URI: parallel:/dev/lpt0 Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-possible The most probable reason for this is that some user permissions are set incorrectly. We have to analyze this step by step. 1) Try to print directly from the command line: # printf "Hello World \f" > /dev/lpt0 If your printer is connected correctly to your parallel port, *something* should be printed out. as user I get "cannot create /dev/lpt0: Permission denied" That is o.k.. You should try to setup your printer as root first anyway: you always can solve problems with lower user permissions later on. as root I get a blank page So at least your printer can print the form feed character "\f" :-) As Robert Huff suggested in his mail one reason might be wrong permissions of your spooler directory. 2) If you haven't set it otherwise it should be found at /var/spool/cups 3) # cd /var/spool/ # ls -l should show this drwx--x--- 3 root daemon 1536 26 Apr 19:44 cups 4) Inside /var/spool/cups you should find some files with names like c1 c2 c3 and so on, each representing one print job. Regards, Uli. * * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * * ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On 26/04/2006, at 3:15 AM, Robert Huff wrote: P.U.Kruppa writes: Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-possible The most probable reason for this is that some user permissions are set incorrectly. We have to analyze this step by step. This jogs a memory. What are the permissions on /var/spool/lpd? I have a problem where cups was unhappy with ; after some research (via Google), I changed it to 777 (eventually to 755) and - voila! Presently it is 755 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
I've set up a printer. location: lpt0 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs device URI: parallel:/dev/lpt0 Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-possible The most probable reason for this is that some user permissions are set incorrectly. We have to analyze this step by step. 1) Try to print directly from the command line: # printf "Hello World \f" > /dev/lpt0 If your printer is connected correctly to your parallel port, *something* should be printed out. as user I get "cannot create /dev/lpt0: Permission denied" as root I get a blank page malcolm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
P.U.Kruppa writes: > > Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: > > client-error-not-possible > > The most probable reason for this is that some user permissions > are set incorrectly. We have to analyze this step by step. This jogs a memory. What are the permissions on /var/spool/lpd? I have a problem where cups was unhappy with ; after some research (via Google), I changed it to 777 (eventually to 755) and - voila! Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. Did you also have a look at http://linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=hl1250&fromprinter=Brother-HL-1230 ? I think you might be lucky: they have got a .ppd file there for you (Brother-HL-1230-hl1250.ppd ). Download it, put it into /usr/local/share/cups/model/ restart cups by # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart and try setup on http://localhost:631 No luck! Downloaded and installed the PPD. Cups can see it. That is one success at least: it means a working driver is available. I've set up a printer. location: lpt0 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs device URI: parallel:/dev/lpt0 Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-possible The most probable reason for this is that some user permissions are set incorrectly. We have to analyze this step by step. 1) Try to print directly from the command line: # printf "Hello World \f" > /dev/lpt0 If your printer is connected correctly to your parallel port, *something* should be printed out. Uli. malcolm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" * * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * * ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. Did you also have a look at http://linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi? driver=hl1250&fromprinter=Brother-HL-1230 ? I think you might be lucky: they have got a .ppd file there for you (Brother-HL-1230-hl1250.ppd ). Download it, put it into /usr/local/share/cups/model/ restart cups by # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart and try setup on http://localhost:631 No luck! Downloaded and installed the PPD. Cups can see it. I've set up a printer. location: lpt0 Printer State: idle, accepting jobs device URI: parallel:/dev/lpt0 Printing the test page does not work, the job is aborted with error: client-error-not-possible malcolm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 03:37:12PM +1000, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: > I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. I've been to the > Brother web site and found that they don't have drivers for FreeBSD but > they do provide the source code. I downloaded the source code. So far > so good. I unzipped the tarball and had a look. There's the source > code. Take a look at; http://www.linuxprinting.org/brother-faq.html#q_3_1 In Section 3 it stats that the HL-1250 works - that is available in apsfilter under "miscellaneous other drivers" Good luck - ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 23/04/2006, at 5:25 PM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. I've been to the Brother web site and found that they don't have drivers for FreeBSD but they do provide the source code. I downloaded the source code. So far so good. I unzipped the tarball and had a look. There's the source code. I don't know what to do with it. I've learnt to type "make install clean". How do I make this code into something useful? sad kid :-( I guess make install clean will not be enough for that. For a start have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html and try to make your printer print "something" at all. Also reading it will teach you some new words :-) Then there exist two well known programms which can help you to set up your printer correctly /usr/ports/print/apsfilter and /usr/ports/print/cups I would try apsfilter first, since it works a bit more intuitively. Cups is installed and running. I've tried using a few of the other printer definitions without success. Printing the test page produces a blank page or a dozen blank pages. I was hoping to be able to compile the source code for the driver and put it somewhere that cups can find it. O.K. - I see. (Just out of interest: what happens if you try to print something simple (eg. a text file) from the command line # /usr/local/bin/lpr file.txt ?) Did you also have a look at http://linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=hl1250&fromprinter=Brother-HL-1230 ? I think you might be lucky: they have got a .ppd file there for you (Brother-HL-1230-hl1250.ppd ). Download it, put it into /usr/local/share/cups/model/ restart cups by # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart and try setup on http://localhost:631 Regards, Uli. malcolm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" * * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * * ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" * * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * * ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 23/04/2006, at 5:25 PM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. I've been to the Brother web site and found that they don't have drivers for FreeBSD but they do provide the source code. I downloaded the source code. So far so good. I unzipped the tarball and had a look. There's the source code. I don't know what to do with it. I've learnt to type "make install clean". How do I make this code into something useful? sad kid :-( I guess make install clean will not be enough for that. For a start have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html and try to make your printer print "something" at all. Also reading it will teach you some new words :-) Then there exist two well known programms which can help you to set up your printer correctly /usr/ports/print/apsfilter and /usr/ports/print/cups I would try apsfilter first, since it works a bit more intuitively. Cups is installed and running. I've tried using a few of the other printer definitions without success. Printing the test page produces a blank page or a dozen blank pages. I was hoping to be able to compile the source code for the driver and put it somewhere that cups can find it. O.K. - I see. (Just out of interest: what happens if you try to print something simple (eg. a text file) from the command line # /usr/local/bin/lpr file.txt ?) Did you also have a look at http://linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=hl1250&fromprinter=Brother-HL-1230 ? The standard way to build and install sources on UNIX would be: # tar zxf application.tgz # cd application # ./configure # make # make install But often you find hints/READMES inside "application" directory what else you have to do. Uli. malcolm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" * * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * * ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On 23/04/2006, at 5:25 PM, P.U.Kruppa wrote: On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. I've been to the Brother web site and found that they don't have drivers for FreeBSD but they do provide the source code. I downloaded the source code. So far so good. I unzipped the tarball and had a look. There's the source code. I don't know what to do with it. I've learnt to type "make install clean". How do I make this code into something useful? sad kid :-( I guess make install clean will not be enough for that. For a start have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html and try to make your printer print "something" at all. Also reading it will teach you some new words :-) Then there exist two well known programms which can help you to set up your printer correctly /usr/ports/print/apsfilter and /usr/ports/print/cups I would try apsfilter first, since it works a bit more intuitively. Cups is installed and running. I've tried using a few of the other printer definitions without success. Printing the test page produces a blank page or a dozen blank pages. I was hoping to be able to compile the source code for the driver and put it somewhere that cups can find it. malcolm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help needed compiling printer source code
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. I've been to the Brother web site and found that they don't have drivers for FreeBSD but they do provide the source code. I downloaded the source code. So far so good. I unzipped the tarball and had a look. There's the source code. I don't know what to do with it. I've learnt to type "make install clean". How do I make this code into something useful? sad kid :-( I guess make install clean will not be enough for that. For a start have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing.html and try to make your printer print "something" at all. Also reading it will teach you some new words :-) Then there exist two well known programms which can help you to set up your printer correctly /usr/ports/print/apsfilter and /usr/ports/print/cups I would try apsfilter first, since it works a bit more intuitively. Good luck, Uli. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" * * Peter Ulrich Kruppa - Wuppertal - Germany * * ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Help needed compiling printer source code
I'm trying to install a Brother HL-1230 printer. I've been to the Brother web site and found that they don't have drivers for FreeBSD but they do provide the source code. I downloaded the source code. So far so good. I unzipped the tarball and had a look. There's the source code. I don't know what to do with it. I've learnt to type "make install clean". How do I make this code into something useful? sad kid :-( ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
