On Tuesday, September 13, 2011 01:00:57 AM doug metzler did opine: > Ok, this is absurd. I've been through two different parallel cards on > two different machines and none of them work. Have you tried the StarTech cards? Mine works great.
> Thank you guys for all your help, but I'm too frustrated to continue > fighting this battle. All I can think is that if Microsoft solved > this problem in the 90's surely Ubuntu can solve it 20 years later. > </rant> > > Is there anyone in the Seattle area that can help me with this? I'll > bring the machine(s) and beer and promise not to rant :-) Sorry, I'm in WV, aka a fur piece from Seattle. > Thanks, > > DougM > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:38 AM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 19 August 2011 02:48, doug metzler <doug.metz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If I did put the commas in the string I got a Device or Resource Busy > >> error > >> > >> halcmd: loadrt hal_parport cfg="0x378,0xa400" > >> insmod: error inserting > >> '/usr/realtime-2.6.32-122-rtai/modules/emc2/hal_parport.ko': -1 > >> Device or resource busy > >> <stdin>:17: exit value: 1 > >> <stdin>:17: insmod failed, returned -1 > > > > That could mean that the parport is busy, having been claimed by lp or > > cups or something. > > > > lsmod should show you if lp is loaded. > > > > -- > > atp > > "Torque wrenches are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of > > wise men" > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich > > system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. > > Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > > tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA > Learn about the latest advances in developing for the > BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. > See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon > today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://204.111.66.235:85/gene/> Libtool shared library portability is only slightly more believable than perpetual motion machines. Especially on AIX :)." -- David Leimbach ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA Learn about the latest advances in developing for the BlackBerry® mobile platform with sessions, labs & more. See new tools and technologies. Register for BlackBerry® DevCon today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-devcon-copy1 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
