Matey,
Farting around with the parallel port setting did the trick. I was able to
pass the first test anyway. My BIOS parallel port settings were: Normal, ECP
and Bi-Directional. Bi-Directional was the choice that seems to do the
trick.
Thanks for all your help.
Mike
Matey Kaltchev wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> It looks like this is your parallel port set up, particularly the mode it
> is set up to work in - SPP. I am not an expert, but everything failed
> before I specified in my BIOS the address (which seems to be OK), the IRQ
> (7, BTW, which one are you using? It has to be 7, as far as I know) AND
> the mode - EPP. It may not make sense, but this worked. Also, in the
> general setup of the kernel config (I use xconfig) right after the parport
> option comes "PC style hardware" and this is enabled as module, but
> probably this is also OK. I suggest you play around with the LPT1 of your
> computer.
>
> Good luck,
> Matey.
