On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 at 16:23, ToddAndMargo via users < users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > On 10/17/20 12:14 PM, George N. White III wrote: > > Doesn't look like linux is supported. > > Hi George, > > I asked them about it. This is what they responded > (He misspelled that last modprobe): > > > > > Sorry for the delay, Linux isn't exactly my expertise, so it took a > little long to verify the Parallel-PCIe in Fedora 32 (Workstation Edition) > 64-bit. > > > > I didn't do the full installation, so my testing is limited to the Live > version which I ran off OS off a USB Flash Drive. > > > > That being said, the Parallel PCIe card does appear to work in the OS. > It doesn't detect automatically like our PCI cards do, however I was able > to reconfigure the port, as substitute user, with the following commands: > > > >> modprobe -r lp > >> modprobe -r parport_pc > >> modprobe parport_pc io=0x378,0xee00 irq=7,11 > >> modprode lp > > > > Once configured I was able to detect both a HP Laser Jet and an old > Epson dot matrix printer and was able to dump a print job to the Epson. > > > > The Laser Jet appears to have given up the ghost long ago, so I couldn't > use it to test the port in Fedora, but I don't believe that was an issue > with our card. > > > > Hopefully that helps, > You might get better help from linuxcnc.org: https://forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/34393-pcie-parallel-cards-what-chipset You might be able to get the chipset by looking at the label of the big IC's > > > > -T > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > -- George N. White III
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