[PARPORT] Re: Troubleshooting a very simple setup

From: Steinar Bang (sb@metis.no)
Date: Mon Jun 19 2000 - 11:07:10 EDT

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    >>>>> Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>:

    > On Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 10:08:38PM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote:
    >> Jun 19 00:03:10 doohan insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.10/misc/parport_pc.o: init_modu\
    >> le: Device or resource busy
    > [...]
    >> Is the reason that no devices were found that the parport_probe can't
    >> find any? Or are the "Device or resource" busy messages above to
    >> blame?

    > Device or resource busy means the driver didn't want to load. For
    > parport_pc it probably means it didn't find any ports.

    OK, thanx! Is there a way of finding the builtin parport manually?
    Or will I need to dig up the specs on the PC and finding them there?
    Is the BIOS a place to look?

    > You can see what messages it logged (if any) by using the 'dmesg'
    > command.

    Here's the relevant bits of output from the dmesg command (everything
    related to parport):

    0x378: CTR: wrote 0x0c, read 0xff
    0x378: DATA: wrote 0xaa, read 0xff
    parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2]
    parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
    lp0: using parport0 (polling).
    0x378: CTR: wrote 0x0c, read 0xff
    0x378: DATA: wrote 0xaa, read 0xff
    parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2]
    parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
    lp0: using parport0 (polling).
    0x378: CTR: wrote 0x0c, read 0xff
    0x378: DATA: wrote 0xaa, read 0xff
    parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2]
    parport0: no IEEE-1284 device present.
    lp0: using parport0 (polling).
    lp: driver loaded but no devices found
    lp: driver loaded but no devices found
    lp: driver loaded but no devices found
    lp: driver loaded but no devices found
    lp: driver loaded but no devices found

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