Re: parport driver problems

[Wayne Topa <wtopa@dmcom.net>]

	Subject: parport driver problems
	Date: Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 10:24:06PM +0530

In reply to:shyamk@eth.net

Quoting shyamk@eth.net(shyamk@eth.net):
> I am having an error with my parport driver :
> 
> Starting lpd :            parport0 : detected irq 7 ; use procfs to enable interrupt
> driven operation .
> 
> This is what dmesg has to say :
> .
> .
> 
> parport0 : PC - style at 0x378(0x778) [SSp,ECP,ECPP52]
> parport0 : detected irq7;use procfs to enable interrupt driven operation.
> parport-probe: failed
> parport0:no IEEE-1284 device present
> lp0 : using parport0 (polling)

You might try adding the following to your lilo.conf append line.
append  = "lp=parport0 parport=0x378,none"
then rerun lilo and reboot.

:-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-)

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