On Tuesday 18 Dec 2001 00:30, Ted Ozolins wrote: > I've loaded Mandrake 8.1 on a duron 750 with 320Meg ram. I've been > unable to set up printing on this beast. Uasually this has not been a > problem for me. Looking to see what could be messsed up, I noticed this > little blurb during boot.: > > Dec 16 22:56:54 crash kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq > 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] Dec 16 22:56:54 crash kernel: > parport_pc: Strange, can't probe Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378,
I have that chip _and_ Mandrake 8.1 and it works fine. The "Strange, can't probe..." disappears with the later kernels - try grabbing 2.4.8-34.1mdk from Mandrake's update site. > irq=-1, dma=-1 Dec 16 22:56:54 crash kernel: lp0: using parport0 > (interrupt-driven). > > Now why would it be probing irq=-1 when the dang thing is at irq 7? I think "irq=-1, dma=-1" means both are true. It'll only want DMA if you have the port set in the BIOS as ECP - try setting it as SPP or EPP if you can. > > is there a setup or options file in mandrake that would be incorrect > and thus messing up my printing? This machine is running a stock 8.1 > with no upgrades. I'll take any ideas no matter how wild:) > I have nothing in modules.conf regarding parport but the right module gets loaded: [01:20 root@penguin:~]# lsmod|grep via via686a 8260 0 i2c-viapro 3976 0 (unused) i2c-proc 6400 0 [via686a eeprom] i2c-core 13536 0 [via686a eeprom i2c-isa i2c-viapro i2c-proc] > Although I'm not new to linux, I am new to Mandrake. I've always used > Caldera (can not buy Caldera at the local distributor any more). > HTH -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ). Mandrake Linux release 8.1 (Vitamin) for i586 Kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk-win4lin, XFree86 4.1.0, patch level 21mdk. KDE: 2.2.2. Qt: 2.3.2. Uptime 11 hours 33 minutes. ------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
