Enric Claverol (claverol@teleline.es)
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 15:06:18 +0100
> Dear all,
>
> I amb having problems to get my RedHat 6.0 to work with my
> parallel port ZIP 100 Mb.
> I have seen a similar problem reported in the list before but I have not
> managed to find the answer.
>
> After booting, I do,
>
> modprobe parport
> modprobe parport_pc
>
> until here everything ok! Having a look at /proc/parport I can see my
> parallel
> port. Nobody else seems to be messing around with it (as I can see by
> checking
> /proc/ioports). Then , I try,
>
> modprobe ppa
>
> and the result is
>
> "init_module: Device busy".
>
> But no other module seems to be taking control of the par. port. I also
get
> a warning
> saying that no ZIP 100 was found and that it could be a ZIP250 interface
> (which it is not).
> If I do,
>
> modprobe imm
>
> I get the same "Device busy".
>
> I have changed the BIOS to SPP and EPP and ECP,etc... no difference at
all.
>
> I have recompiled the kernel making sure that the printer support comes in
a
> module,
> but nothing. The kernel version is 2.2.5 (I think).
>
> I need serious help here because I have run out of ideas.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Enric
>
>
>
>
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