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08-06-2003, 02:58 AM	#1
The Yeti Lives LQ Newbie Registered: May 2003 Posts: 13 Rep:	/dev/parport0 probs Hey all, trying to use ppdev and /dev/parport0 to send chars out the printer port to a motor for positioning. Pretty sure I have got things right using PPCLAIM and PPWDATA. However, I have a loop that checks whether the port is busy, and if so wait. My program always gets caught in this loop. Looking at dmesg it says parport0: irq 7 detected lp0 using parport0 (polling) does this mean that lp0 is making the port busy so I cannot use it? How can I make the port not busy so I can send stuff to my motor? Cheers....

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