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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Mon, 1 Jan 1990 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> > 
> > The cure is not to automatically load the module 
> > during startup and just use it from a VGA terminal 
> > to print, then reboot and reload mdacon to use
> > the TTL monitor again after printing.  
> 
> Is rebooting really necessary?  Can you not insmod
> the module(s) and then reload mdacon?

I tried.  Load parport and parport_pc without mdacon.  
Load mdacon and it does not work.  Can't fix this by rmmod parport_pc.

Or: Load mdacon, it works.  Load parport, still works.  Load parport_pc 
and the TTL monitor becomes illegible.  Rmmod parport_pc, does not help.  

Maybe I should unload mdacon before insmod parport_pc but I don't think I
can do that while I am booted to linux with it.  It told me it was in use.

I might try a different Hercules card.  Maybe they load to a different i/o 
address?  They are all IRQ 7.  There is supposed to be a way to specify 
io on the insmod line. 

As often as I print with linux, this is not important.  And I can turn on
the other computer, transfer the file (via floppy disk or ethernet) to 
there and print that way.  


I can't find libxP which xpdf wants in SW71.  I will look in SW81.  The 
older version of xpdf did not require it.  So it is not just glibc that is 
a problem when switching between versions of SW.

> Cheers,
> Steven