On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:56:54 -0500 Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks Cokey - that got it - yipes what an exercise. Now all I have to do is get xsane to run as user Cheers John > On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 07:01, John Rye wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm trying again, now that I've had some hair re-growth > > > > Anyone had experience with these devices? > > > > I have need of a second //port on my beast (AthlonXP 1.8 on a Soltek > > SL-KT400-A4/L Mobo running stock Mandrake 9.0) to run my ancient but > > reliable Epson GT-4000 scanner (with ADF unit). > > > > The scanner works fine when configured as a GT-5000 or 5500 and run > > off the existing onboard parallel port, however I need a printer as > > well. > > > > So I obtained a Netmos 9805 card and got it working out of Win98SE > > without too much hassle - but I cannot get it to work out of Linux. > > > > I have since removed all traces of win98 from the box!! Don't need > > it! > > > > The card is recognised in /proc/pci as follows: > > > > Bus 0, device 11, function 0: > > Communication controller: PCI device 9710:9805 (NetMos > > Technology)(rev 1). > > IRQ 19. > > Master Capable. Latency=64. > > I/O at 0xe800 [0xe807]. > > I/O at 0xe400 [0xe407]. > > I/O at 0xe000 [0xe007]. > > I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc07]. > > I/O at 0xd800 [0xd807]. > > I/O at 0xd400 [0xd40f]. > > > > As I understand I need to 'insmod parport.o' and then tell 'parport' > > where it is. > > > > Problem is that when I do the 'insmod parport.o' I get: > > > > [root@numbnuts john]# insmod parport.o > > insmod: parport.o: No such file or directory > > [root@numbnuts john]# > > > > I've since removed the '.o' and get a silent return to prompt. > > > > Now I would expect to see another reference to parport in dmesg > > after a reboot but don't see anything different. > > > > Dmesg still only references parport0 as being tied to lp0. > > > > I worked out how to create the second port reference with mknod, and > > I've got that to stick through reboots. > > > > I think I've read everything, but I just can't work this one out. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated > > Ok, I have a similar board and mine works this way; there are 6 ports, > with the 1st, 3rd & 5th ports used by the paralled ports (if you have > that many). I have two, so I use the 1st and 3rd. The part of the > modules.conf that matters is this: > > # Note: Anytime the PCI parallel card is moved to a different > # PCI slot, the io ports change. Check the /proc/pci > # file for the new ones.... > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc > options parport_pc io=0x378,0xfc70,0xfc88 irq=7,none,none > > I would guess that yours should look like this (for one port) > > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc > options parport_pc io=0x378,0xe800 irq=7,none > > Note 1) if you move the board, the ports change and that breaks > everything... > > 2) I'm not using irq's for the 2nd & 3rd ports. It's more > efficient if you do, but I haven't messed since it worked > and the last two parallel ports are rarely used anyway. > > > Best > > Cokey > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > F. 'Cokey' de Percin, DBA Email: > CSC Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Columbia, South Carolina Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
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