I'm just testing Knoppix to see if it works, and it works. Distribution : Knoppix 5.0.1 live-DVD boot options : knoppix lang=fr desktop=gnome
$ dmesg | grep lp [...] lp0: using parport0 (polling). lp0: console ready $ lspci -vv -d 1409:7168 0000:00:0c.0 Serial controller: Timedia Technology Co Ltd PCI2S550 (Dual 16550 UART) (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550]) Subsystem: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown device 5079 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20 Region 0: I/O ports at 9000 [size=32] Region 2: I/O ports at 9400 [size=8] Region 3: I/O ports at 9800 [size=8] Is there any way to make it works in Ubuntu ? I don't want to reboot each time I want to print a document :( -- My paralell port isn't recognized https://launchpad.net/bugs/52596 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs