/dev/lpt0 not detected on boot

[keithg]

And therefore is not listed as a device..

I thought I was having hardware problems so I booted it with a live CD of a ubuntu variant. Lpt0 showed up and I could print to the printer connected. I re-booted back to Freenas 9.3 (FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201503200528) and still no /dev/lptx. Is this just odd hardware? Previously with a flavor of 9.2, the parallel port showed up, but no longer.

I am trying to complete the setup of a print server and have an old but sturdy HP Laserjet which works 'just fine' that I'd like to connect.

My dev list:
# ls /dev
./ ada0 bpf0@ dumpdev@ klog snp ttyva usb/
../ ada0p1 cam/ fd/ kmem stderr@ ttyvb usbctl
acpi ada0p1.eli cd0 fido mdctl stdin@ ttyvc vboxdrv
ad10@ ada0p2 console fw0@ mem stdout@ ttyvd vboxdrvu
ad10p1@ ada1 consolectl fw0.0 nfslock sysmouse ttyve vboxnetctl
ad10p1.eli@ ada1p1 cpuctl0 fwmem0@ null ttyv0 ttyvf xpt0
ad10p2@ ada1p1.eli cpuctl1 fwmem0.0 pass0 ttyv1 ufssuspend zero
ad4@ ada1p2 crypto geom.ctl pass1 ttyv2 ugen0.1@ zfs
ad4p1@ ada2 ctty ggctl pass2 ttyv3 ugen1.1@
ad4p1.eli@ ada2p1 da0 gptid/ pass3 ttyv4 ugen1.2@
ad4p2@ ada2p1.eli da0p1 io pass4 ttyv5 ugen2.1@
ad6@ ada2p2 da0p2 iscsi pci ttyv6 ugen3.1@
ad6p1@ atkbd0 devctl kbd0@ ptmx ttyv7 ugen4.1@
ad6p1.eli@ audit devstat kbd1@ pts/ ttyv8 ugen4.2@
ad6p2@ bpf dtrace/ kbdmux0 random ttyv9 urandom@

We go right from /dev/kmem to /dev/mdctl.

Hardware is a Dell 390 workstation.
Any thoughts?

 

[dlavigne]

How much RAM in the system?

 

[keithg]

6Gb currently, memory on order to bring it to 8 (max for the board).

I do not get how this is connected, though. Could you explain? There is no reference in the dmesg log to lp-anything at bootup. All other devices are detected (serial, usb, ata, etc.) at boot, just no lp0.

Keith

 

[jgreco]

I seem to recall some significant kernel config changes for 9.3, but I'm not in a position to look right now. This is what'd happen if they jettisoned lpt, which I don't think is available as a loadable module...