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Re: parport module, ASUS motherboard



On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 06:07:36PM -0700, Jim McCloskey wrote:
> Any attempt to load parport_pc (or the combination of parport, lp, and
> parport_pc) by hand fails, and gives the usual:
> 
>     Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
>     including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. 
> 
> The User Guide for the motherboard says that the parallel port is on
> IRQ 7, but trying:
> 
>     insmod parport_pc irq=7

What address is the port at? The standard addresses are 0x378, 0x278
and 0x3bc. You can usually configure these in the BIOS. Set the port
to use address 0x378 for greatest compatibility.

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