Paralellport problems in mandrake 10.1

elekt · 01-10-2005, 11:31 AM

Hi

Recently i just fresh install mandrake 10.1 but the paralell port is'nt detected!!! i do not know what the problem is back in previous versions on mandrake it was detected flawlessly,

what can i do to solve this problem i got a M7VIG mother board ( BIOSTAR) witrh VIA KM266+VIA VT8233A

elekt · 01-10-2005, 03:36 PM

to solve this i just do this:

in a terminal as root

modprobe parport_pc
modprobe lp

this last one creat /dev/lp0 link the i just add the printer and scanner in hardrake.