HeeHee....Me too!
The parallel port setting did it for me too last night.
Thanks guys
"Michael J. Hoyt" wrote:
> 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.
