Gunther.Mayer@t-online.de said:
> Now, we must know:
> - if your specific Suse setup disables LPT
> - your computer boots with LPT disabled.
>
> => Boot a rescue system from your suse cds,
>    and execute "lssuperio" from there 
OK, the computer boots with LPT enabled:
lssuperio V0.65 (EXPERIMENTAL)
Winbond Super-IO detection, now testing ports 3F0,370,250,4E,2E ...
SMSC Super-IO detection, now testing Ports 2F0, 370, 2E, 4E ...
National Semiconductor Super-IO detection,now testing port 2E,4E,15C,26E,398 
...
National Semiconductor chip at EFER=0x4e id=0x54 cr21=0x04 cr27=0x00 cr8=0x00
National Semiconductor chip type unknown
ITE Super-IO detection testing ports 2E,4E,279,370/371 ...
 LDN 0(     FDC): io=0x3f0, irq= 6, dma= 2
 LDN 1(  UART_A): Disabled.
 LDN 2(  UART_B): Disabled.
 LDN 3(     LPT): io=0x378, irq= 7, dma= 3
 LDN 4(     PME): io=0x3f8, irq= 4, dma=No
 LDN 5(    GPIO): io=0x300, irq=10, dma=No
 LDN 6(    Game): Disabled.
 LDN 7(Consumer IR): io=0x0, irq= 1, irq2=12, dma=No
 LDN 8(    Midi): Disabled.
ITE chip 5404 Rev 0x39 detected at port 0x4e
LPT hi port=0 type=ECP+EPP
 LDN 0(     FDC): io=0x3f0, irq= 6, dma= 2
 LDN 1(  UART_A): Disabled.
 LDN 2(  UART_B): Disabled.
 LDN 3(     LPT): io=0x378, irq= 7, dma= 3
 LDN 4(     PME): io=0x3f8, irq= 4, dma=No
 LDN 5(    GPIO): io=0x300, irq=10, dma=No
 LDN 6(    Game): Disabled.
 LDN 7(Consumer IR): io=0x0, irq= 1, irq2=12, dma=No
 LDN 8(    Midi): Disabled.
ITE chip 5404 Rev 0x39 detected at port 0x4e
LPT hi port=0 type=ECP+EPP
 LDN 0(     FDC): io=0x3f0, irq= 6, dma= 2
 LDN 1(  UART_A): Disabled.
 LDN 2(  UART_B): Disabled.
 LDN 3(     LPT): io=0x378, irq= 7, dma= 3
 LDN 4(     PME): io=0x3f8, irq= 4, dma=No
 LDN 5(    GPIO): io=0x300, irq=10, dma=No
 LDN 6(    Game): Disabled.
 LDN 7(Consumer IR): io=0x0, irq= 1, irq2=12, dma=No
 LDN 8(    Midi): Disabled.
ITE chip 5404 Rev 0x39 detected at port 0x4e
LPT hi port=0 type=ECP+EPP
ALI Super-IO detection testing ports 370,398,3F0 ...
Intel Super-IO detection testing ports 26E, 398 ...
This is somewhat confusing because after booting with the regular
Suse V8.0 image I get:
lssuperio V0.65 (EXPERIMENTAL)
Winbond Super-IO detection, now testing ports 3F0,370,250,4E,2E ...
SMSC Super-IO detection, now testing Ports 2F0, 370, 2E, 4E ...
SMSC chip at EFER=0x4e key=0x55 id=54 rev=04
oldid=0x00 oldrev=0x00
 LDN 0(     FDC): io=0x3f0, irq= 6, dma= 2
 LDN 1(reserved): Disabled.
 LDN 2(reserved): Disabled.
 LDN 3(     LPT): Disabled.
 LDN 4(  UART_A): io=0x3f8, irq= 4, dma=No
 LDN 5(  UART_B): io=0x300, irq=10, dma=No
 LDN 6(reserved): Disabled.
 LDN 7(     KBC): io=0x0, irq= 1, irq2=12, dma=No
 LDN 8(reserved): Disabled.
 LDN 9(Gameport): io=0x201, irq=No, dma=No
 LDN a(     PME): io=0x400, irq=No, dma=No
 LDN b( MPU-401): Disabled.
SMSC chip type 47u32/33
National Semiconductor Super-IO detection,now testing port 2E,4E,15C,26E,398 
...
ITE Super-IO detection testing ports 2E,4E,279,370/371 ...
ALI Super-IO detection testing ports 370,398,3F0 ...
Intel Super-IO detection testing ports 26E, 398 ...
which claims to be a different superio chip. However the main point is
that LPT is enabled by the bios and disabled during the regular boot.
Gunther.Mayer@t-online.de said:
> A candidate fiddling intimately with superio  could be linux "infrared
> support" modules or probes, even when they are unloaded the effect
> would persist. You could "mv" them away from /lib/modules and retry,
> don't know where you can find (user-mode) probes.
> Note: some laptops have Windows utilities which can set BIOS
> parameters. (Of course "lssupperio" could easily be expanded to enable
> your port, too). 
this is a regular PC. I renamed the irda-module, but that didn't help.
This machine has a usb keyboard, but I always get a few console messages
about a missing AT keyboard. Likewise, the audio system is functional,
but produces a lot of warnings and error messages - perhaps there are
some unnecessary modules being loaded. However, lsmod seems to list
things that I expect to be there...
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