Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 May 1999 06:34:01 +0100 (GMT) | From | Tim Waugh <> | Subject | Re: Printer and Zip drive don't work together. |
| |
On Thu, 20 May 1999, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> :: 4. With the Zip drive still in, load the ppa module. Find out if printing > :: works. If it did before, and doesn't now, it's a parport/ppa interaction. > > Loaded the ppa module. Now have ppa, lp, parport, and parport_pc > loaded. Tried to print a couple of test pages. Nothing doing. Stopped > cold.
Okay. Now can you show me the kernel messages (dmesg) that ppa spits out when it loads? I need to know the mode it's using to talk to the Zip drive.
Also:
- what mode is your parallel port set to in the BIOS? - what kernel messages does parport_pc give when it loads?
Thanks, Tim. */
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |