Rafael Lorandi de Oliveira writes:
> Hello,
>
> was anyone able to make an external Ditto 2G work under Red Hat 6.0
> ?
> I installed the unstable ftape-4.x-1999_09_11 and
> ftape-tools-1999_09_11.
> After, say, a �ftmt --file='/dev/qft0' status�, all I get is the
> message
> �ftmt: /dev/qft0: Device not configured� (the Ditto's little orange
> light doesn't
> even blink once).
>
You have to tell parport about the irq of your parallel port. Add
the following line to /etc/conf.modules:
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
The printer doesn't need the irq for printing, but for ftape it is
essential.
Jochen
> * /var/log/messages:
> ...
> [003] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - dev: c15b0380.
> [004] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - irq: -1.
> [005] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - port: 378.
> [006] 0 fdc-parport.h (ft_parport_probe) - can't find parport
> interface for ftape id 0.
> [007] 0 bpck-fdc.c (bpck_fdc_detect) - can't find bpck interface
> for ftape id 0.
