Please don't post HTML to this mailing list. On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 23:17 -0800, Joe Byrne wrote: > I'm sure there's an easy answer to this question. How do I > locate/activate my parallel port? I'm running FC3 on an Intel 845- > based motherboard. > > $ dmesg | grep par > > turns up nothing. > > $ cat /proc/ioports > > turns up nothing looking like a parallel port, either. The 378 > neighborhood seems vacant. > > Is there a set of packages that I need to install? Try (as root) "modprobe parport_pc" and see if anything shows up in /proc/ioports Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
