[Tfug] Printer working like crazy

Wed Aug 1 23:12:09 MST 2007

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Predrag Punosevac" <punosevac72 at hotmail.com>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 22:50
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Printer working like crazy


> Dear Chris,
> Printer is working like crazy. I just edited devfs.conf. As I went to CUPS
I
> was offered serial printer as a choice.
> Then on the next screen I was offered a choice of manny drivers. I did
chose
> hpjis which is HPLIP inproved drivers.
> Printed the test page and set up printer as the default.
> I could not set the priner throught HPLIP. I really wonted because this is
> all in one and I heard that I could get my scanner work.
> Sane doesn't offer drivers for older parallel scanners.
> I think it is probably worty for me to play with this little bit more.
>
>
> On the same note I just realized that I have problems with Open Sound
System
> (probably due to my own stupidity as well).
> If I get it to work I would have FULLY FUNTIONAL home build work station
> runing FreeBSD 6.2.
>
> This is my
> [pedja@ /usr/home/Pedja]$ ossinfo
> Version info: OSS 4.0 (build 070707/200708012238/C (0x00040002)
> Platform: FreeBSD/i386 6.2-STABLE-200706 FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE-200706 #0: Sun
> Jun  3 14:20:02 UTC 2007
> root at dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP
>
> Number of audio devices:        9
> Number of audio engines:        9
> Number of MIDI devices:         0
> Number of mixer devices:        1
>
>
> Device objects
> 0: audigyls0 AudigyLS
> 1: vmix0 OSS transparent virtual support
>
> MIDI devices (/dev/midi*)
>
> Mixer devices (/dev/mixer*)
> 0: AudigyLS Mixer (Mixer 0 of device object 0)
>
> Audio devices
> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm0 AudigyLS front  (device index 0)
> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm1 AudigyLS (shadow)  (device index 1)
> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm2 AudigyLS center/lfe  (device index 2)
> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm3 AudigyLS surround  (device index 3)
> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm4 AudigyLS 5.1 output  (device index 4)
> /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm0     AudigyLS front (VMIX0)  (device index 5)
> /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm1     AudigyLS front (VMIX0)  (device index 6)
> /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm2     AudigyLS front (VMIX0)  (device index 7)
> /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm3     AudigyLS front (VMIX0)  (device index 8)
>
> This is testing
>
>
> [root@ ~]# osstest
> Sound subsystem and version: OSS 4.0 (build 070707/200708012238/C
> (0x00040002)
> Platform: FreeBSD/i386 6.2-STABLE-200706 FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE-200706 #0: Sun
> Jun  3 14:20:02 UTC 2007
> root at dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP
>
> *** Scanning sound adapter #-1 ***
> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm0 (audio engine 0): AudigyLS front
> - Performing audio playback test...
>  <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47988.00 Hz (-0.03%)>
> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm1 (audio engine 1): AudigyLS (shadow)
> - Skipping device (card already tested)
> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm2 (audio engine 2): AudigyLS center/lfe
> - Performing audio playback test...
>  <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47990.00 Hz (-0.02%)>
> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm3 (audio engine 3): AudigyLS surround
> - Performing audio playback test...
>  <left> OK <right> OK <stereo> OK <measured srate 47990.00 Hz (-0.02%)>
> /dev/oss/audigyls0/pcm4 (audio engine 4): AudigyLS 5.1 output
> - Skipping multi channel device
>
> *** Scanning sound adapter #0 ***
> /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm0 (audio engine 5): AudigyLS front (VMIX0)
> - Skipping virtual device (use -V to force test)
>
> *** Scanning sound adapter #0 ***
> /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm1 (audio engine 6): AudigyLS front (VMIX0)
> - Skipping virtual device (use -V to force test)
>
> *** Scanning sound adapter #0 ***
> /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm2 (audio engine 7): AudigyLS front (VMIX0)
> - Skipping virtual device (use -V to force test)
>
> *** Scanning sound adapter #0 ***
> /dev/oss/vmix0/pcm3 (audio engine 8): AudigyLS front (VMIX0)
> - Skipping virtual device (use -V to force test)
>
> *** All tests completed OK ***
>
>
> The problem is that I do not hear sound from speakers. The only thing I
> changed was to add oss_enable="YES" into my rc.conf file.
>
> I have not changed any permissions, kernel is 6.2 Generic. I run the test
> logged as the root. What am I doing wrong? I have the same speakers and
> sound card (Audiology SE) working flawlessly while I used PC-BSD.  The
Gnome
> volume control is saying that I have no GStreamer plugins and/or  device
> found. Is it permitions again?
> Thanks
> Predrag Punosevac
>
>
>
> and I have fully functional printer
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "christopher floess" <skeptikos at gmail.com>
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 21:36
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] HP Office Jet using HPLIP
>
>
> > On 8/1/07, christopher floess <skeptikos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi, Predrag.
> > >
> > > > P.S.
> > > > I tried to use CUPS in order to use Gutenprint drivers but it seems
to
> me
> > > > that cups expects printer to be detected as USB or network printer.
> ( I am
> > > > messing up something big time with the parallel ports). All I have
> done was
> > > > from the root account (I will set permissions latter). My computer
is
> set up
> > > > to run as a free standing Desktop so the host name is something
> generic.
> > > >
> >
> > Oh, I remember now. Here is one of my settings in /etc/devfs.conf:
> >
> > #Make CUPS 1.2.2 happy
> > perm lpt0 0666
> >
> > After I made this change, in the web configuration interface for CUPS
> > I was able to see the lpt0 device. Before then, it was just USB, and
> > network devices.
> >
> > Hope this helps ~ Chris
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Q: What did the zen buddhist say to the hotdog vendor?
> >
> > A: Make me one with everything ~ Dr. Jonathan Katz
> >
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