I followed the earlier suggestion of checking my BIOS port settings, and
sure enough, they were set to "auto". Selecting the fixed value solved the
problem, but I still had to add the "alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc" line
to /etc/conf.modules.
Rohan Parkes
-----Original Message-----
From: William Hay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 6:55 PM
To: Rohan Parkes
Subject: Re: Serial/Parallel Ports not functioning in 6.1
For what it's worth, I cured this problem on my Thinkpad by resetting the
printer irq to 7 (it was 10 for some reason). I believe RH hardwires the
printer to irq7 and you can only change it with either boot options or
conf.modules.
Will
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rohan Parkes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <
Sent: January 14, 2000 1.07 pm
Subject: RE: Serial/Parallel Ports not functioning in 6.1
> I too have a USB, but I'm not making use of it, so I didn't think that was
> the problem.
>
> Is there a known "issue" with this type of motherboard architecture?
>
> Rohan Parkes
> Intranet
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 3:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Serial/Parallel Ports not functioning in 6.1
>
>
> Hi!
>
> I have an inter 440BX-2 MB and RH 6.0 does not recognize my parallel ports
> either.
>
> I *guess* it has to do with the USB architecture. I am waiting for 6.2 to
> upgrade and see what happens.
>
> If anyone knows how to fix the problem, please let know.
>
> TIA
>
> -Manuel.
>
>
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Rohan Parkes wrote:
> > After having installed Red Hat 6.1, I find that my modem and printer
ports
> > are not working. I can't work out if it's the same problem affecting
> both,
> > however. The printer port LP1 appears to be not detected - the
> > configuration panel doesn't appear during installation, and if I use the
> > test options in Printtool, I variously get messages like "there is no
> device
> > at /dev/lp0" and "the lp daemon cannot start" (which I gather really
means
> > it can't detect the printer). I've done all the configuration I can. The
> > printer is an Epson Stylus 500.
> >
> > I notice there seems to be a lot of postings about this on the Lixux
> > newsgroup. Replies often state that there is a known bug in 6.1 which
> > affects printing. However, I tried installing 6.0 instead, with no
> success.
> >
> > The standard responses to the problem are to either upgrade the modutils
> rpm
> > (I tried this, and ended up with no sound either), or to add the line
> alias
> > parport_lowlevel parport_pc to /etc/conf.modules. This had no effect
> either.
> >
> > I can't tell if the modem problem is related. The serial ports appear
> during
> > installation. However, I can't get minicom to respond. the modem is a
> Hayes
> > Accura 366000.
> >
> > I suppose the only other options are IRQ problems, or motherboard
> > incompatibilities. I have a new Gigabyte BX. The only information I
could
> > find in the HOWTOs implied that it is difficult to debug IRQ conflicts
in
> > Linux.
> >
> > Rohan Parkes
> >
> >
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