Switch to EPP mode. From my /var/log/messages: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
Hetz On Wednesday 09 January 2002 10:07, Efraim Yawitz wrote: > Here's another problem I'm having, which probably is a 'hardware problem', > but I have little desire to take my computer in to repair, so I want to > make sure. > > The parallel port doesn't seem to work, meaning that if I send something > to the printer, nothing happens at all. However, the kernel seems to > detect it, as shown in the output of dmesg: > > parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [SPP,ECP,ECPPS2] > lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). > > When I try, as root to do tunelp /dev/lp0, I get: > > /dev/lp0 Device or resource busy > > I have Windows NT 4.0 on the same machine, and it doesn't seem to detect > the parport at all. > > I've tried fooling around with the BIOS settings, with no success. > > Thanks, > > Ephraim > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
