Hi. I'm using suse 7.3, and VMware Workstation 3.0. I try to setup the parallelport where my HP1100A is connected. Nothing else is connected to the port: parport_pc 19280 1 parport 22240 1 [vmppuser lp parport_pc] The parallel port supply in the kernel is set as module, and should be ok then. When I boot Windows XP, I receive the following message: "The "/dev/parport0" device is used by another program. Device parallel will start disconnected" I then try to switch the parport ON after the booting of WIN98 XP, but I receive the same message. Anybody that can tell me whats wrong ??. -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards / vy73 de OZ4KK Erik Jakobsen - erik@urbakken.dk SuSE Linux 7.3
I would guess that the printer queeing package (lprold, lprng, cups, etc.) is using the port. You could try shutting it down and trying again. Also use lsof to find out which program is using /dev/parport0. I find it easier to run Samba and tell Windows to use a remote printer than switching back and forth with Linux or Windows having exclusive access to the parallel port. HTH, Jeffrey Quoting Erik Jakobsen <erik@urbakken.dk>:
Hi.
I'm using suse 7.3, and VMware Workstation 3.0.
I try to setup the parallelport where my HP1100A is connected. Nothing else is connected to the port:
parport_pc 19280 1 parport 22240 1 [vmppuser lp parport_pc]
The parallel port supply in the kernel is set as module, and should be ok then.
When I boot Windows XP, I receive the following message:
"The "/dev/parport0" device is used by another program. Device parallel will start disconnected"
I then try to switch the parport ON after the booting of WIN98 XP, but I receive the same message.
Anybody that can tell me whats wrong ??.
-- I don't do Windows and I don't come to work before nine. -- Johnny Paycheck
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 No, actually I made this mistake too. I know the new way is parport, but it still goes by the name of lp0. Use lp0 with Suse and use it with VMware, and parport is supposed to share nicely. I still haven't fully figured it out yet though. But in VMware only enable after Win2k is booted. Same with sound. On Wednesday, 2 January 2002 18:25, you wrote:
I would guess that the printer queeing package (lprold, lprng, cups, etc.) is using the port. You could try shutting it down and trying again. Also use lsof to find out which program is using /dev/parport0. I find it easier to run Samba and tell Windows to use a remote printer than switching back and forth with Linux or Windows having exclusive access to the parallel port.
HTH, Jeffrey
Quoting Erik Jakobsen <erik@urbakken.dk>:
Hi.
I'm using suse 7.3, and VMware Workstation 3.0.
I try to setup the parallelport where my HP1100A is connected. Nothing else is connected to the port:
parport_pc 19280 1 parport 22240 1 [vmppuser lp parport_pc]
The parallel port supply in the kernel is set as module, and should be ok then.
When I boot Windows XP, I receive the following message:
"The "/dev/parport0" device is used by another program. Device parallel will start disconnected"
I then try to switch the parport ON after the booting of WIN98 XP, but I receive the same message.
Anybody that can tell me whats wrong ??. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org
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