Make sure that your /etc/conf.modules files has the following line:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
and do lsmod to make sure that things are running OK.
Just cos the BIOS sees it means nothing.
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On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, root wrote:
> Damnit, I'm getting exactly the same error here. It seems that the
> partport_pc detects the parrallel port ok, but i can't send any jobs to the
> printer. I have removed the entire spool directory, upgraded to the latest
> lprng. It is also saying now that it can;t write to the device lp0. There
> seems to be some problem creating the device.
> How do i get linux to talk to lp0 properly? The bios detects it correctly at
> 378, where does it say that this parra port equals this device? I'm a bit
> stuck until i can get this working.
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