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

[Bradlee L. <bra...@gm...>]

There's not an option in my BIOS. It has serial port configuration,
but I have two external serial connectors.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Bruce Smith <bw...@re...> wrote:
> 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].
>
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-- 
Thanks,
Brad Landis