Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Parallel Port Device

[Bruce S. <bw...@re...>]

Is the parallel port enabled and set to the normal IRQ/port in the BIOS?

 - BS


On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 15:00, Bradlee Landis <bra...@gm...> wrote:
> `modprobe lp` adds /dev/lp0, but /var/log/messages says "kernel: : lp0
> off-line".
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote:
>> It's been a long time since I worked with a parallel port, but check if the
>> device /dev/lp0 is there.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards
>>   Heiko Zuerker
>>   http://www.devil-linux.org
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bradlee Landis [mailto:bra...@gm...]
>>> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 11:22 AM
>>> To: dev...@li...
>>> Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Parallel Port Device
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Heiko Zuerker <he...@zu...> wrote:
>>> > Make sure you have the parport_pc and lp modules loaded.
>>>
>>>
>>> parport_pc is loaded, and I loaded lp, and I still get the same message.
>> Is
>>> `echo a > /dev/parport0` a good test to run, or should I be trying
>> something
>>> else to see if it's working?
>>>
>>>
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From: Bradlee Landis [mailto:bra...@gm...]
>>> >> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 9:04 AM
>>> >> To: dev...@li...
>>> >> Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Parallel Port Device
>>> >>
>>> >> Well, that creates a device, but when I try to write to it, it just
>> hangs.
>>> > I think
>>> >> /dev/lp* requires /dev/parport*. I tried creating it using `mknod
>>> >> /dev/parport0 c 99 0 -m 660`, but it says "No such address or device"
>>> >> when
>>> > I
>>> >> write to it. Users who have had this problem are finding that the
>>> >> ppdev module is required, but it's not installed on Devil Linux.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Chris Grove <dl...@ki...>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> > Hi. It's usually called /dev/lp0 but I've found that my server
>>> >> > doesn't create it for some reason. That said, if you use mknod
>>> >> > /dev/lpt0 c 6 0 that then allows you to use it.
>>> >> > Hope that helps, Chris.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On 2 November 2011 18:36, Bradlee Landis <bra...@gm...>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I am seeing a parallel port being detected in the boot logs:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Nov  2 15:50:31 src@localhost kernel: : parport_pc 00:08: reported
>>> >> >> by Plug and Play ACPI Nov  2 15:50:31 src@localhost kernel: :
>> parport0:
>>> >> >> PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3
>>> >> >> [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP,DMA]
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> But, I don't see any devices in /dev that are the parallel ports.
>>> >> >> Do you know what I need to do to be able to see parallel port
>> devices?
>>> >> >> Or are they under a different name? I saw in udev configuration
>>> >> >> that it can be /dev/lp[0-9], parport[0-9], or irlpt[0-9].