[ltp] Closed thread.... Thinkpad 600x and printing?

Boyan linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:25:43 +0200 ((MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit)


the problem was solved and the thread ended weeks ago, but thanks for the
interest.
Boyan.

On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, James Mckenzie wrote:

> Sorry for the delay, but what is the output of 'dmesg| more' where the device is
> lp?
>
> James Mckenzie
>
> bt@wiwi.uni-bonn.de wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, James Mckenzie wrote:
> >
> > > Boyan:
> > >
> > > Did you change the default port I/O location from 03BCh to 0378h?
> > >
> > > Otherwise, it looks like you have a problem with the Parallel Port on your
> > > computer.
> > >
> > Not quite sure what do you mean by default location. What I did was go in
> > win98 and from Printer/settings/LPT1/Resources I changed the E/A address
> > from the initial 03BC-03BF to the other options like 0378-037F and so on.
> > After reboot in win98 the address was changed and it still prints meaning
> > parallel port is ok in principle.
> >
> > It refuses in linux ,however, as I explained in my last posting.
> > Boyan.
> >
> > >
> > > bt@wiwi.uni-bonn.de wrote:
> > >
> > > > Missed to mention that the parport_pc and lp modules are never present
> > > > after boot. They appear in lsmod output only when I force them with
> > > > modprobe but again to no effect. Simply no signal or ascii text is printed
> > > > and also the configuration tool yast does not see a parport.
> > > >
> > > > Boyan
> >
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