Installation of parallel_port printer

Legacy Netrunner 17
1

Hi,

I have installed a parallel_port card to use my old Laserjet printer. The system seems to recognize the card quite well but somehow I do not manage to correctly configure the Parport_pc module.

Here are some outputs:

lspci -v
1284])
Subsystem: Device a000:2000
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 19
I/O ports at d010 [size=8]
I/O ports at d000 [size=8]
Memory at df201000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at df200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
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
Kernel driver in use: parport_serial

Then I enter sudo modprobe parport_pc io=0xd0100 irq=19

But still get the following:
root@morpheus:~# lsmod | grep parport
parport_serial 16384 0
parport_pc 32768 3 parport_serial
parport 49152 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc

For me the problem seems to be that parport_pc and the card uses parport_serial. How can I change this?

Thanx
Raimund

2

I believe the answer might be in this thread.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=169163

Basically unload parport_serial and load only parport_pc.

3

Hi,

I still can not get it running.
Actually I am really not sure what is the problem.

To start again:

I installed a PCIe parallel port card for my LaserJet. I think the card is detected.
lspci -v gives the following result for the card:

03:00.2 Parallel controller: MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd. PCIe 9912 Multi-I/O Controller (prog-if 03 [IEEE1284])
Subsystem: Device a000:2000
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 19
I/O ports at d010 [size=8]
I/O ports at d000 [size=8]
Memory at df201000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at df200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities:
Kernel driver in use: parport_serial

lsmod gives the following:

lsmod | grep parport
parport_serial 16384 0
parport_pc 32768 3 parport_serial
parport 49152 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc

and dmesg shows:
dmesg | grep parport
[ 2.475861] parport_pc 00:01: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 2.475947] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 5 [PCSPP]
[ 2.573654] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[ 2.628260] parport_serial 0000:03:00.2: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
[ 2.628443] parport1: PC-style at 0xd010 (0xd000), irq 19
[ 2.689096] parport1: Legacy device
[ 2.689161] lp1: using parport1 (interrupt-driven).

in the printers.conf file from CUPS the printer definition for the interface is:
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0

But if I try to print a test page just nothing happens only the print job shows up in the queue.

I unload and reload the modulroot@morpheus:~# modprobe -r lp
root@morpheus:~# modprobe -r parport_pc
modprobe: FATAL: Module parport_pc is in use.
root@morpheus:~# lsmod | grep parport
parport_serial 16384 0
parport_pc 32768 1 parport_serial
parport 49152 2 ppdev,parport_pc
root@morpheus:~# modprobe -r parport_serial
root@morpheus:~# lsmod | grep parport
parport 49152 1 ppdev
root@morpheus:~# modprobe parport_pc io=0x0d10 irq=19
root@morpheus:~# modprobe lp
root@morpheus:~#
root@morpheus:~# lsmod | grep parport
parport_pc 32768 1
parport 49152 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pces but nothing changed. I did the following:

Any idea?

Thanx
Raimund

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5

Hi,

I found the solution.
The problem was that I did not modprobe lp after modprobe parport_pc.

Works now;-)

Raimund

6

Hi,

it’s me again. Somehow it stopped working and I do not know what happened.

To reflect what happened: I installed a parallel port card to connect by old LaserJet printer. The card shows up on lspci -v:

03:00.2 Parallel controller: MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd. PCIe 9912 Multi-I/O Controller (prog-if 03 [IEEE1284]) Subsystem: Device a000:2000 Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 255 I/O ports at d010 [disabled] [size=8] I/O ports at d000 [disabled] [size=8] Memory at df201000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K] Memory at df200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=4K] 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

What changed in the meanwhile is the IRQ. It changed from IRQ 19 to IRQ 255??

If I look at lpinfo -v

root@morpheus:~# lpinfo -v network smb network ipp network ipps network ipp14 network lpd network http network https network socket serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 serial serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=115200 serial serial:/dev/ttyS4?baud=115200 direct parallel:/dev/lp0 direct hp direct hpfax

Sometimes the parallel port shows up, but more often not.

modprobe -r lp does not work because “FATAL: Module lp is in use.”

I have no glue why it stopped.
Any suggestions?

Thanx
Raimund

7

The IRQ is probably the issue. Is there any dip switches or pins on the parallel port card to set a static IRQ?
You might think about getting a usb to parallel port adapter:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IDU0T1Y/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687562&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0000510T7&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0B8YEV9DHN1HJB5P9P49

8

Hi,

I do not think I can statically set the IRQ. But how could the IRQ setting change anyway? Originally it was IRQ 19 which sounds right.

Raimund

9

In one word the BIOS, the plug and play feature in most bios implimentations allows for the OS to set the IRQ’s as it loads the device / drivers.

10

Hi,

why did I ever bother with a parallel port card? Just bought a cheap usb->parallel_port cable and it just works.

Raimund

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I kind of figured that would be the easiest route to take.
I’m glad to hear that you now have a more permanent solution.
Could you add [SOLVED] to the beginning of your original thread title, this helps other users find solutions faster.