Thanks very much for your responses.
conclusions first:
Trakker still not working; and irq still not being
found by parport.
insmod parport
insmod parport_pc
results in
cat /proc/parport/0/hardware with:
base: 0x378
irq: none
dma: none
modes: SPP
echo 7 (or 5) > /proc/parport/0/irq
does make the irq value change but does
not result in Trakker finding the irq,
apparently.
* So, perhaps the important question is, should
the irq value be automatically set with
insmod parport
insmod parport_pc ,
and if so, what do I need to change in modules.conf?
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Jochen Hoenicke wrote:
> It is probably in the default configuration of your modutils. Use
> "/sbin/modprobe -c" to see the current configuration including the
> defaults.
now I understand.
modprobe -c shows that we are dealing with /etc/modules.conf
(Debian potato).
> Add the following to your /etc/modules.conf:
>
> options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
Yes, that has been there all along, on both machines.
relevant lines are as follows:
alias char-major-27 zftape
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=trakker,none,none,none
> You should also try disconnecting the zip drive and connecting the
> trakker as single device. The trakker doesn't know about standards to
> chain multiple drives to the same port.
>
> > [006] 0 trakker.c (trakker_checksum) - checksum error (off by 9c).
>
> This can be caused by connecting trakker and zip with the same port.
> I have never tested this, though
Actually, I never connected them in a chain like that.
I simply used rmmod, switched cables and insmod.
On 1 Aug 2000, Adrian Phillips wrote:
> Tony> * parport gets loaded automatically, together with
> Tony> parport_probe. Not sure how that happens. This kernel uses
> Tony> /etc/modules.conf and aks the user to delete conf.modules (I
> Tony> did). But parport_probe is not mentioned in this
> Tony> file. Earlier kernel on Debian used /etc/rc.d/rc.local, I
> Tony> think, but this kernel doesn't have such a file
>
> This is presumably potato - you need to create a file, say local in
> /etc/modutils, then rerun update-modules. Try man update-modules for
> more info.
Thanks for the advice. I am not used to this distribution yet.
