HP LaserJet not uploading firmware permission denied ulpt0

[Charlie &]

On February 21, 2008 09:08:58 pm you wrote:
> On 2/21/08, Paul Belair <paul.belair at rogers.com> wrote:
> > I'm using 6.3 FreeBSD
> >
> > Is there a fix that works.
> >
> > I have a hp laserjet 1000 printer.
>
> You've got to be logged in as the 'root' user, (or a user who has
> write-access to /dev/ulpt0, which by default is only 'root').
>
> 1. Ensure you are the root user. You can check this by executing the
> command: id 2. If you are the root user and it still does not work, what is
> the output of the command: ls -l /dev/ulpt0
> 3. What is the exact command you're executing to upload the firmware
> and what is the exact error it reports?
>
> -Modulok-
Thanks in advance, since you replied I did a fresh install and use kde.  I'm 
awaiting instructions for this machine.
crw-r--r--  1 root  operator    0, 129 Feb 22 06:22 /dev/ulpt0