Regarding the parallel port the readme just states this:
>
> Steps for setting parallel port :
> ---------------------------------
> 1. rmmod lp
> 2. rmmod parport_pc
> 2. insmod /usr/lib/modules/2.6.15/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc io=0xb000 irq=10.
>
> Note: Here, the io and irq should be noted from lspci -v.
>
lspci -vk gives this output:
01:00.2 Parallel controller: NetMos Technology Device 9912 (prog-if 03 [IEEE1284])
Subsystem: Device a000:2000
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d000 [size=8]
I/O ports at c800 [size=8]
Memory at fe8fb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
Memory at fe8fa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
There is no kernel driver listed in the lspci output.
So looked for the modules path and found there is no /usr/lib/modules/… directory.
The only file with "parport_pc| I found is there: /lib/modules/2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.ko
lspci -vk gives this output:
01:00.2 Parallel controller: NetMos Technology Device 9912 (prog-if 03 [IEEE1284])
Subsystem: Device a000:2000
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at d000 [size=8]
I/O ports at c800 [size=8]
Memory at fe8fb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
Memory at fe8fa000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4]
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
I’m not sure that anything is wrong. This kind of output usually means that the device is functioning. (Usually the parport_pc driver will autodetect and configure all available parallel ports as required, so no parameters need to be issued).
Try using ‘modprobe’ instead like this:
Unload the existing driver (if loaded)
sudo modprobe -r parport_pc
port
Then load the driver with the relevant I/O port address
sudo modprobe parport_pc io=0xd000
For printing you may also need
sudo modprobe lp
That should be all that is required. You can check if /dev/lp0 exists with
ls -l /dev/lp*
If necessary, manual configuration can be specified at boot time like this (with your preferred editor eg nano)
After I did the steps deano_ferrari suggested the interface works like a charm
Didn’t need to do the latest step. Thanks for including that too, it solved my question how to do hardware configuration manually on linux.
The file on the driver cd (manufacturer Delock) was just a .tar.gz, containing about the same stuff I found at the link in the first post. It was no rpm, and there also was no link.
And thanks to Malcolm, your work will be appreciated, as these Moschip cards seem becoming more and more common nowadays, as fewer and fewer pcs are manufactured with traditional serial and parallel ports.
