That's probably the issue the original poster is having then too. I think when you go into the boot bios screens it tells you the parallel port addresses. It's likely the HAL file for the par port knows that 0x378 is parport0 and so on. But that can be confusing.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd Zuercher [mailto:to...@pgrahamdunn.com] > Sent: May-05-21 6:37 AM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Can't find the PP. Where is lspci or equiv ? > > It won't show a standard onboard motherboard port, because those are not on > the PCI bus. > > Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc. > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2021 8:26 PM > To: 'Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)' <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Can't find the PP. Where is lspci or equiv ? > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Be sure links are safe. > > > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > > > > > > > > On some installs, for some reason, lspci is not listed in the right > > library, and you have to use /sbin/lspci > > > > I have no idea why, might be a Debian idea. > > > > You DO have to run it under sudo or with privileges to see all the > > details of devices, but the basic info of device type will show > > without sudo. > > > > Jon > > I thought I'd try that on my LinuxCNC system. With or without sudo it does > print a list of all the devices but it doesn't tell me the > actual port address of the standard port on the machine (0x378) which I know > because when I dual boot it into MACH3 instead of > Linux and move the parallel port cable from the MESA to the back of the > machine it works with that address. > > I haven't run it with the back of the machine in Linux for a while but the > hal file uses cfg=0 for the standard port and when I had a > second PCI card installed it was cfg=0x2000 > > John > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
