: Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 14:06:31 +0200
: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Reimann)
:
: Hallo.
: I�ve got a Ditto-2GB parport ,laterest unstable ftape version and kernel
: v2.2.12 . the bpck-fdc find my tape but if I want to write on it it get
: a error "Operation not supported by device" and in /var/log/messages the
: driver writes:
: Sep 4 13:47:25 SAMSUNG kernel: [015] fdc-io.c (fdc_register) -
: Probing for b
: pck-fdc tape drive slot
: 1. Sep 4 13:47:25
: SAMSUNG kernel: [016] 1 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - dev:
: c08be7a0.
: Sep 4 13:47:25 SAMSUNG kernel: [017] 1 fdc-parport.h
: (ft_parport_probe) - irq:
: 6.
: Sep 4 13:47:25 SAMSUNG kernel: [018] 1 fdc-parport.h
: (ft_parport_probe) - port
: :
: 378.
The irq setting looks wrong, the standard is 7 (or 5 for second
parallel port), not 6.
Try
echo 7 > /proc/parport/0/irq
or set the right option in /etc/conf.modules
option parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
