[NTLUG:Discuss] Parallel Port Update

[Stephen Davidson]

So far as I can tell, yes.  But I would be delighted to assist
(including bringing equipment to a desired location) if anyone wanted to
double check.

Regards,
Steve

On 09/26/2015 12:03 PM, Gilbert Morrow wrote:
> Everything is set correctly? Here is a good guide
> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bios-beginners,1126-7.html&ved=0CCEQFjACahUKEwi8xfinlZXIAhVWE5IKHWwgD2I&usg=AFQjCNEEf0IYmPzEAnUNdGOvv-krAjJM0g,
> use to have to set up bios and printer ports before serial printers would
> function correctly. Seeing it worked in Winders this may not be the
> problem.
> On Sep 26, 2015 7:29 AM, "Stephen Davidson" <gorky at freenet.carleton.ca>
> wrote:
>> Same error on two separate computers, one an HP AMD-64, one an Generic
>> Intel-x86 (32bit).  The HP is updated to the last official BIOS release.
>>
>> Anybody wants to go hands on, I can make arrangements.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steve
>>
>> On 09/24/2015 05:15 PM, Gilbert Morrow wrote:
>>> Just looking  it looks like a printer port seeing issue in the BIOS.
>>> On Sep 20, 2015 12:51 PM, "Stephen Davidson" <gorky at freenet.carleton.ca>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings.
>>>>
>>>> Attached printer Parallel to USB Adapter (took 2 minutes).  Attached
>>>> Adapter to a MS 7 machine (took 30 seconds).  MS Plug & Play kicked in,
>>>> took 10 minutes to find driver.  Added Printer (MS to 30 minutes to
>>>> download drivers, and another 10m to install).
>>>> Total time: approx 45 minutes.
>>>>
>>>> Printer now works and is shared.
>>>>
>>>> So far on Linux, 5 days spent researching and experimenting, and no
>>>> closer then when I started;
>>>>
>>>> steve at walter ~ $ uname -a
>>>> Linux walter 3.16.0-38-generic #52~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 8
> 09:44:48
>>>> UTC 2015 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux
>>>>
>>>> ===
>>>> Sep 19 10:04:25 walter kernel: [   15.124109] lp: driver loaded but no
>>>> devices found
>>>> Sep 19 10:04:25 walter kernel: [   15.183240] ppdev: user-space
> parallel
>>>> port driver
>>>> Sep 19 10:04:25 walter kernel: [   15.249227] parport_pc 00:08:
> reported
>>>> by Plug and Play ACPI
>>>> Sep 19 10:04:25 walter kernel: [   15.249308] parport0: PC-style at
>>>> 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
>>>> Sep 19 10:04:25 walter kernel: [   15.344403] lp0: using parport0
>>>> (interrupt-driven).
>>>>
>>>> ===
>>>> Sep 19 10:41:19 walter kernel: [ 2233.044022] parport0: FIFO is stuck
>>>> Sep 19 10:41:19 walter kernel: [ 2233.092023] parport0: BUSY timeout
> (1)
>>>> in compat_write_block_pio
>>>> Sep 19 10:41:29 walter kernel: [ 2243.092029] DMA write timed out
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions on how to get this working on Linux?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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