I'll ship the machine to WV with a $50 bill taped to the top for beer acquisition :-)
Actually that's an interesting question - Ubuntu probably supports remote login - If so would you be interested into remoting in to the machine and diagnosing from afar? I'll try the StarTech cards (do you have a specific model/supplier?) Thanks, DougM On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:03 PM, gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 01:00:57 AM doug metzler did opine: > >> Ok, this is absurd. I've been through two different parallel cards on >> two different machines and none of them work. > > Have you tried the StarTech cards? Mine works great. > >> Thank you guys for all your help, but I'm too frustrated to continue >> fighting this battle. All I can think is that if Microsoft solved >> this problem in the 90's surely Ubuntu can solve it 20 years later. >> </rant> >> >> Is there anyone in the Seattle area that can help me with this? I'll >> bring the machine(s) and beer and promise not to rant :-) > > Sorry, I'm in WV, aka a fur piece from Seattle. > >> Thanks, >> >> DougM >> >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:38 AM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On 19 August 2011 02:48, doug metzler <doug.metz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If I did put the commas in the string I got a Device or Resource Busy >> >> error >> >> >> >> halcmd: loadrt hal_parport cfg="0x378,0xa400" >> >> insmod: error inserting >> >> '/usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/emc2/hal_parport.ko': -1 >> >> Device or resource busy >> >> <stdin>:17: exit value: 1 >> >> <stdin>:17: insmod failed, returned -1 >> > >> > That could mean that the parport is busy, having been claimed by lp or >> > cups or something. >> > >> > lsmod should show you if lp is loaded. >> > >> > -- >> > atp >> > "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of >> > wise men" >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > -------- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich >> > system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. >> > Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the >> > tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Emc-users mailing list >> > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA >> Learn about the latest advances in developing for the >> BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. >> See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon >> today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, gene > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > My web page: <http://204.111.66.235:85/gene/> > Libtool shared library portability is only slightly more believable than > perpetual motion machines. Especially on AIX :)." > -- David Leimbach > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA > Learn about the latest advances in developing for the > BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. > See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA Learn about the latest advances in developing for the BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
