Re: bug in ppa driver

Tim Waugh (tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:15:45 +0000 (GMT)


On Fri, 8 Jan 1999 christophe.leroy5@capway.com wrote:

> Yes i've tried it. Still the same:
>
> insmod lp
> echo "coucou" >/dev/lp0 ...it prints
> echo "coucou" >/dev/lp0 ...it prints
> echo "coucou" >/dev/lp0 ...it prints
> ....
> insmod ppa
> echo "coucou" >/dev/lp0 lp0 is Offline
> .... switch off switch on zip drive:
> echo "coucou" >/dev/lp0 ...it prints
>
> ppa driver uses 32bits EPP
> My printer is CANON BJ10SX

Could you try changing your parallel port mode to SPP in the BIOS and see
if it still happens?

Tim.
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