[aclug-L] Re: RH 6.1 Printer problems

["James G." <jamesga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike McNown wrote:

> I am needing some information on printer port identification problems.  I
> recently installed RH 6.1 and it would not recognize the two parallel ports
> I have.  I asked RH support and finally received the answer that I needed
> to add 'alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc' to my /etc/conf.modules.  Well I
> did and it worked for the first port (lp0)!  Does anybody understand what
> this string is doing and how I can maybe modify it so it will recognize the
> second port?
>
> Mike McNown
> mdm@xxxxxxxxxxx

Read:
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/parport.txt
for more information.

You may have to append this line to /etc/conf.modules also:

options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 dma=3

Substitute the values that your bios uses. dma is optional.
Then, reboot or rmmod parport(s) & lp modules. (List them with:  /sbin/lsmod)

To check, do:
cat /proc/parport/0/*
cat /proc/parport/1/*


James