It worked. Thank you !
Rafael
Jochen Hoenicke wrote:
> 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.
