Sounds like you may have a resource conflict. Is PnP on in the BIOS? You might try turning it off. If it's off, try turning it on. Different BIOS have different behaviors when in PnP mode. Some work well, others not.
On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 16:30, Ted Ozolins wrote: > I've loaded Mandrake 8.1 on a duron 750 with 320Meg ram. I've been unable to > set up printing on this beast. Uasually this has not been a problem for me. > Looking to see what could be messsed up, I noticed this little blurb during boot.: > > Dec 16 22:56:54 crash kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 >[PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] > Dec 16 22:56:54 crash kernel: parport_pc: Strange, can't probe Via 686A parallel >port: io=0x378, irq=-1, dma=-1 > Dec 16 22:56:54 crash kernel: lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). > > Now why would it be probing irq=-1 when the dang thing is at irq 7? > > is there a setup or options file in mandrake that would be incorrect and thus >messing up > my printing? This machine is running a stock 8.1 with no upgrades. I'll take any >ideas no matter how wild:) > > Although I'm not new to linux, I am new to Mandrake. I've always used Caldera (can >not buy Caldera at the local distributor > any more). > > > Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) > Westbank, B.C. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
