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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!spool.mu.edu!olivea!decwrl!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!alm From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) Subject: Re: Got info on lpt, lpa Message-ID: <almC9xGKn.JnC@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <219sba$9ld@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> <C9vH9u.3Lz@unix.portal.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1993 02:36:23 GMT Lines: 11 In article <C9vH9u.3Lz@unix.portal.com> chris@shell.portal.com (Chris - Ding) writes: >Vax (vax@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu) wrote: >: Hey, I got more info on my lpt/lpa problem. Whenever the cable is in, >: the lpt0 and lpa0 messages don't appear at bootup. But, if I unplug Someone suggested that the problem might be with the cable itself. Anyhow, you might try replacing /sys/i386/isa/lpa.c with lpt.c from the interruptless-lpt kit (rename it to lpa.c). If you try this (I haven't tried it myself, so caveat utilitor), the minor device number for lpa0 should be changed to, e.g., 48. -AM