Re: [PARPORT] Disabling autodetection

From: Tim Waugh (twaugh@redhat.com)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 08:13:15 EDT

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    On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 01:09:27PM +0100, Philip Blundell wrote:

    > I wonder if resetting the port after probing would get these devices
    > back into a usable state. Historically I know we were trying to
    > avoid unnecessary port resets, but I don't remember what the reason
    > for that was or whether it still applies.

    It was to avoid unnecessary beeps and print head noises from printers
    resetting. :-)

    Gerhard, if you load lp with 'reset=1' as a module parameter, does
    that work around the problem?

    Tim.
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