[NTLUG:Discuss] Parallel Port Update

[Gilbert Morrow]

If you do a Google search for usb to printer serial adapter you will find
the answer you seek. Seems HP's software doesn't find the correct port so
you have to coax it.
On Sep 26, 2015 1:13 PM, "Stephen Davidson" <gorky at freenet.carleton.ca>
wrote:

> 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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