Parallel port not seen

[ackthpth]

Hi,

I installed RH6.1 on my system, but it won't see the parallel port. When I
run printcfg and try to set up a local printer, it says "not detected."

My BIOS is set up with

fastboot off
PnP aware OS? No
Parallel port "auto" and EPP. (I also tried specifying 378 and Normal, but
that didn't help).

Any idea why my parallel port isn't being recognized?

Thanks,

Oren