Duane,
What is the 8-digit serial number on the bottom of your Backpack?
Which distribution of Linux are you running?
Sincerely,
Al Crowley, Technical Support Assistant Manager
MicroSolutions, Inc.
http://www.micro-solutions.com
At 03:25 PM 6/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>After a full day of searching the web, I still need help.
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>I am trying to get my Backpack CDRW to work in any capacity, read or
>write.
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>I have done the following:
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>1. Set my CMOS to EPP.
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>2. Verified the parallel hardware settings are I/O 0x378 and IRQ 7.
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>3. Compiled my kernel (2.4.18) with the following options:
>CONFIG_PARPORT=y
>CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
>CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_CML1=y
>CONFIG_PARPORT_1284=y
>CONFIG_PARIDE=m
>CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y
>CONFIG_PARIDE_PD=m
>CONFIG_PARIDE_PCD=m
>CONFIG_PARIDE_PF=m
>CONFIG_PARIDE_PT=m
>CONFIG_PARIDE_PG=m
>CONFIG_PARIDE_BPCK6=m
>
>4. After reboot, dmesg shows: (Good!)
>parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
>parport0: irq 7 detected
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>5. Try to load the modules:
>insmod paride
>insmod bpck6
>insmod pg (or insmod pcd)
>
>6. I get the following results:
>insmod paride
>Using /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/block/paride/paride.o
>insmod bpck6
>Using /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/block/paride/bpck6.o
>insmod pg
>Using /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/block/paride/pg.o
>/lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/drivers/block/paride/pg.o: init_module:
>Operation not permitted
>Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
>including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
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>7. Here is what dmesg says: (Strangely, There is no mention at all of
>the bpck6 module)
>paride: version 1.06 installed (parport)
>pg: pg version 1.02, major 97
>pg0: Autoprobe failed
>pg: No ATAPI device detected
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>8. lsmod shows:
>bpck6 8576 0 (unused)
>paride 5376 0 [bpck6]
>NVdriver 1063392 10 (autoclean)
>ide-scsi 9504 0
>scsi_mod 98164 1 [ide-scsi]
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>9. If I do a rmmod bpck6, i get the following:
>paride: bpck6 not registered
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>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Duane Drake
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