Re: PCI parallel port card

2011-04-02 Thread Tim Darby
After playing with various device files, it's looking like this card is just not going to work, at least not without more kernel skills than I have or possibly some imports from FreeBSD. So, let me ask a different question. What do you guys use to print to a parallel port printer when your

Re: PCI parallel port card

2011-04-02 Thread Justin Sherrill
On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Tim Darby t+df...@timdarby.net wrote: After playing with various device files, it's looking like this card is just not going to work, at least not without more kernel skills than I have or possibly some imports from FreeBSD.  So, let me ask a different question.

Re: PCI parallel port card

2011-04-02 Thread Tim Darby
Thanks, Justin, I think this probably will work. I'll try it if I can't find a way to direct connect the printer. Tim On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Justin Sherrill jus...@shiningsilence.comwrote: On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Tim Darby t+df...@timdarby.net wrote: After playing with

PCI parallel port card

2011-03-21 Thread Tim Darby
I installed an I/O Future PP210 two parallel port PCI card and it's not being recognized (DF 2.9.1 master). I get this in dmesg: pci4: simple comms, parallel port (vendor 0x9710, dev 0x9865) at device 6.0 irq 7 pci4: simple comms, parallel port (vendor 0x9710, dev 0x9865) at device 6.2 irq 5