On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Alexander Skwar wrote:
{ Hi!
{
{ When one of the parport_pc, lp or parport modules is loaded, I get this
{ message in the syslog:
{
{ Aug 21 18:58:35 teich kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq
{ 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
{ Aug 21 18:58:35 teich kernel: parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(98)
{ Aug 21 18:58:35 teich kernel: parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(98)
{ Aug 21 18:58:35 teich kernel: parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 840C
{ Aug 21 18:58:35 teich kernel: parport_pc: Strange, can't probe Via 686A
{ parallel port: io=0x378, irq=-1, dma=-1
{ Aug 21 18:58:35 teich kernel: lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
{
{ Do I need to worry about the "Strange, can't probe..." message?
I had the same problem and I think you should worry because you are
probably unable to print with your HP DeskJet. I fixed the problem
by adding the following line in my /etc/modules.conf:
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 dma=1
You of course need to change the values to fit your setting.
Denis
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Denis Pelletier
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sciences �conomiques, Universit� de Montr�al
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