On Sunday 28 March 2010, [email protected] wrote: >> Great link, solves some problems with otherwise strange hardware I >> believe. >> Thanks & bookmarked for future reference. >> >> Much of this can be incorporated into the /etc/rc.d/rclocal file so >> it is >> done automatically at startup. You'll probably have to sudo >> yourself to edit >> that file. Alternatively, the startup file for emc could be >> modified I >> assume but I haven't tried that personally. > >Yes, by setting up a rc.local file I was able to get the card working >by loading and unloading parport on startup. > >To summarize the process. > >Follow the directions in this pdf: > http://www.thecooltool.com/files/dateien_578.pdf But instead of part B, > follow the instructions on the Ubuntu site to create a rc.local file: >https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RcLocalHowto >The contents of the 'local' file should read: >---------------------------- >#!/bin/sh >sudo modprobe parport_pc >sudo modprobe parport_cs >sudo rmmod ppdev >sudo rmmod lp >sudo rmmod parport_cs >sudo rmmod parport_pc >---------------------------- That is exactly what I was talking about. But my rc.local seems to have gained a lot of weight over the years. ;)
>You should then be able to restart and hopefully all is working well. > >Thanks for the help everyone. > >Karl > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Microsoft Zen - Become one with the blue screen. -- From a Slashdot.org post ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
