gnupic: Linux & Parallel PIC Programmer
Subject:
RE: Linux & Parallel PIC Programmer
From:
"Romagnoli, Massimo" ####@####.####
Date:
22 Dec 2004 18:19:29 +0000
Message-Id: <58E83503FA38464DA2BB18EFC6CFD2DC3CE737@itlrm203.emea.corp.eds.com>
Laurence Withers wrote :
>Just to check -- have you got the printer driver *unloaded* when you try
>to access the parallel port? (I could never get a parallel port
>programmer to work if the printer driver was loaded).
>Can you send us the output of 'lsmod' and the relevant parts 'dmesg'?
Ok, below you'll find simple last night picprg2.3 run ( +/- same story with other software or BIOS Setup just different device/module)
Bye.
Massimo
**** BIOS setup = ECP ****
#rmmod printer
#dmesg
...
printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6104
usb.c: deregistering driver usblp
printer.c: usblp0: removed
#lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
r128 79828 1
thermal 6404 0 (unused)
processor 8536 0 [thermal]
fan 1632 0 (unused)
button 2540 0 (unused)
snd-pcm-oss 37832 0 (unused)
snd-mixer-oss 13688 2 [snd-pcm-oss]
usb-storage 69760 1
nfsd 72880 8
usb-ohci 19016 0 (unused)
snd-intel8x0 19784 3
snd-ac97-codec 55280 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm 59464 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
snd-timer 14596 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart 3488 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi 13572 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 4272 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd 33988 1 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
snd-page-alloc 5324 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd]
soundcore 3652 4 [snd]
uhci 25372 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 18156 0 (unused)
usbcore 62220 0 [usb-storage usb-ohci uhci ehci-hcd]
xfs 532992 1 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 10096 0
agpgart 45764 3
#./picprg -p0
Error, base address for 0 is 0x0000
Failed to initalize /dev/lp0
#modprobe lp
#cat /etc/modules.conf
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 dma=3
# --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
# --- ALSACONF verion 1.0.5 ---
alias char-major-116 snd
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0
alias sound-slot-0 snd-intel8x0
# --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
#dmesg
...
printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6104
usb.c: deregistering driver usblp
printer.c: usblp0: removed
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA]
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
#lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
parport_pc 23304 1 (autoclean)
lp 6692 0 (unused)
parport 24936 1 [parport_pc lp]
r128 79828 1
thermal 6404 0 (unused)
processor 8536 0 [thermal]
fan 1632 0 (unused)
button 2540 0 (unused)
snd-pcm-oss 37832 0 (unused)
snd-mixer-oss 13688 2 [snd-pcm-oss]
usb-storage 69760 1
nfsd 72880 8
usb-ohci 19016 0 (unused)
snd-intel8x0 19784 3
snd-ac97-codec 55280 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm 59464 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
snd-timer 14596 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart 3488 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi 13572 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 4272 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd 33988 1 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
snd-page-alloc 5324 0 [snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd]
soundcore 3652 4 [snd]
uhci 25372 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 18156 0 (unused)
usbcore 62220 0 [usb-storage usb-ohci uhci ehci-hcd]
xfs 532992 1 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 10096 0
agpgart 45764 3
#./picprg -p0 <---- now start but really don't work
Same result without option parport_pc in modules.conf
#dmesg
lp0: ECP mode
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
