Surely it would be cheaper to buy a new scanner than to purchase VMware simply to use 
a windows only scanner.  Wouldn't it?  Nothing against VMWare, it does what it does 
very well, but this seems like overkill.

Joe

On 06 May 2002 22:53:24 -0500
Jim Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Do we have any VMware experts here?
> 
> I am trying to install Windows 98 under VMWare 3.1 on my Mandrake 8.2
> computer in order to operate my blankedy-blank Windows-only scanner.
> When I start my Win98 session I get the following error:
> 
>       Cannot open /dev/parport0: Permission denied
>       Device parallel0 will start disconnected
> 
> I issued a 'chmod 666 /dev/parport0' to eliminate permissions as being a
> problem, and I get the following error:
> 
>       Parallel port "/dev/parport0" is used by another program (such
>       as another instance of VMware Workstation) or driver (such as
>       lp).
>       Device parallel0 will start disconnected.
> 
> This is odd as I don't have anything using the parallel port at this
> time.
> 
> Whats odd is that it was working with the same configuration with VMware
> 3.0 under Mandrake 8.1. I have the parallel port configured as follows:
> 
>       Type:     Device
>       Path:     /dev/parport0
>         Bidirectional: Checked
>       Start Connected: Checked
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem might be?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> 

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