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From: Jai Dhar <jdhar@omega.focalnetworks.net>
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Subject: Re: Parallel port writing
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device ppc0 at isa? irq 7
device ppbus
device lpt
device ppi

All there

On Fri, 10 May 2002, John Utz wrote:

> do you have the device in the kernel? i've never gave it any thought, but
> wouldnt you need device ppi built in?
>
> i dont know, i am just guessing....
>
> On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jai Dhar wrote:
>
> > I am root, lpd isn't running, and as for ppi.. I tried their exact code
> > that they have in 'man ppi', and still doesn't work???
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 10 May 2002, John Utz wrote:
> >
> > > you arent root?
> > >
> > > or, more likely, lpd owns it!
> > >
> > > On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jai Dhar wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a question about writing to parallel ports.
> > > > I am trying to make a basic C program to write simple data to a parallel
> > > > port, but when I try, I get an error on opening /dev/lpt0 as "Device Busy"
> > > > I tried echo 255 > /dev/lpt0, and also got "Device Busy". When looking at
> > > > all my processes, I didn't see anything that visibly took control of
> > > > /dev/lpt0. In dmesg, I get both ppc0 and lpt0 detected with an IRQ and IO
> > > > address fine. What could be wrong? Thank you
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > --
> > >
> > > John L. Utz III
> > > john@utzweb.net
> > >
> > > Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life
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