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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >
> > Is there something I should be doing differently on a computer 
> > with two parports?  
> 
> --------------------------------
> insmod parport
> insmod parport_pc io=0x278 irq=5
> insmod lp
> --------------------------------
> 278 and 5 are just examples.  Substitute the correct values 
> for your system.

To choose the printer I would insmod parport_pc for that io and irq?
Or do two insmods for two ports, and then choose my printer by sending the 
file to /dev/lp0 or /dev/lp1 or using the proper gs filter?

Standard for my  card is io=0x378 and irq=7, as reported by dmesg.
I can set the onboard port to something else in CMOS, another address and 
irq=5 or even another address and irq=7.  Can I have two printer ports 
with different addresses sharing one irq?  I may need irq=5 for sound.

But disabling the onboard port still did not let me print via lp0 on the 
card.  Maybe the card is just odd - I had to specify io with parport_pc to 
get the MDA part to work properly.  

How does the hardware determine which port is lp0?  I have one MDA card 
with a port of a non-standard address, would that make it lp1?

> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
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