Hi!
I have an inter 440BX-2 MB and RH 6.0 does not recognize my parallel ports
either.
I *guess* it has to do with the USB architecture. I am waiting for 6.2 to
upgrade and see what happens.
If anyone knows how to fix the problem, please let know.
TIA
-Manuel.
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Rohan Parkes wrote:
> After having installed Red Hat 6.1, I find that my modem and printer ports
> are not working. I can't work out if it's the same problem affecting both,
> however. The printer port LP1 appears to be not detected - the
> configuration panel doesn't appear during installation, and if I use the
> test options in Printtool, I variously get messages like "there is no device
> at /dev/lp0" and "the lp daemon cannot start" (which I gather really means
> it can't detect the printer). I've done all the configuration I can. The
> printer is an Epson Stylus 500.
>
> I notice there seems to be a lot of postings about this on the Lixux
> newsgroup. Replies often state that there is a known bug in 6.1 which
> affects printing. However, I tried installing 6.0 instead, with no success.
>
> The standard responses to the problem are to either upgrade the modutils rpm
> (I tried this, and ended up with no sound either), or to add the line alias
> parport_lowlevel parport_pc to /etc/conf.modules. This had no effect either.
>
> I can't tell if the modem problem is related. The serial ports appear during
> installation. However, I can't get minicom to respond. the modem is a Hayes
> Accura 366000.
>
> I suppose the only other options are IRQ problems, or motherboard
> incompatibilities. I have a new Gigabyte BX. The only information I could
> find in the HOWTOs implied that it is difficult to debug IRQ conflicts in
> Linux.
>
> Rohan Parkes
>
>
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