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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:57:02 -0600
From:      Drew Sanford <drew@planetwe.com>
To:        Carl <no1-carl@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Parallel Port Config Problems...
Message-ID:  <3A3E4FEE.1030901@planetwe.com>
References:  <00121812243100.02073@.@Home>

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it sounds like you may need to enable the parallel port in your bios.

Carl wrote:

> Hello, I have been trying unsuccessfully to get FreeBSD to recognize my 
> parallel port so that I may use my printer.  I have the following devices 
> enabled in by kernel:
> 
> device	ppc0	at isa? irq 7
> device	ppbus
> device 	lpt
> device	ppi
> device	vpo	# for my ZIP disk
> 
> The irq is correct for my parallel port, however dmesg yields:
> 
> ppc0: parallel port not found
> 
> Is there something that I should be adding to my kernel?  I have gone through 
> the Handbook without success.
> 
> The same dmesg results when using the GENERIC kernel as well.
> 
> Thanks for your assistance...
> 
> 
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