On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Efraim Yawitz wrote:
> The parallel port doesn't seem to work, meaning that if I send something > to the printer, nothing happens at all.However, the kernel seems to > detect it, as shown in the output of dmesg: > > parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [SPP,ECP,ECPPS2] > lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). did you verify these irq and IO address in the BIOS? did you also verify how your parallel port is configured? linux, as i understand, uses 'ECP' (don't ask me what that is - i've no idea). as i saw in some bioses, this could be configured to one of 4 different settings - check how its defined in yours. > When I try, as root to do tunelp /dev/lp0, I get: > > /dev/lp0 Device or resource busy most likely because 'lpd' is running and holding the define busy. try to kill lpd and check again, but not before you checked the bios settings with regards to the message above. > I have Windows NT 4.0 on the same machine, and it doesn't seem to detect > the parport at all. could be the same settings problem. or a hardware problem. -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
