> > I have greped for things that I thought would be relevant > in /var/log > > and could not find anything out of the ordinary. Any ideas? > > by default linux doesn't put the parallel port in interrupt > mode, most parallel ports default to using IRQ 7. On my > systems I force enable the parallel port so it uses the IRQ > instead of "polling" mode, this has dramatically improved performance. > > it may be that the kernel can't find a way to talk to the > port if it's in polling mode(I had this happen before). > > in 2.2.x kernel > > echo "7" >/proc/parport/0/irq > > in 2.4.x kernel > > modprobe parport_pc irq=7 io=0x378 > > those are the typical settings for a PC parallel port, you > may be able to get by without specifying the IO address. > after running you should see something like this in the kernel log: > parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] > > be sure to remove the module before trying to re-load it.
Ok, I removed both the modules and re-loaded parport_pc like you described. Still not working, same message from lpq: waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?) Rank Owner Job Files Total Size 1st root 14 (standard input) 58602 bytes Here is the relevant output of my kernel log: Geocentric# Grep "parport0" /var/log/kern.log Feb 28 11:37:51 geocentric kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP(,...)] Feb 28 11:37:51 geocentric kernel: parport0: irq 7 detected Feb 28 11:58:33 geocentric kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP(,...)] Feb 28 11:58:33 geocentric kernel: parport0: irq 7 detected Feb 28 14:39:38 geocentric kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7 [PCSPP(,...)] Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
