where's my parallel port?

[Paul Howarth]

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On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 23:17 -0800, Joe Byrne wrote:
> I'm sure there's an easy answer to this question.  How do I
> locate/activate my parallel port?  I'm running FC3 on an Intel 845-
> based motherboard.
>  
> $ dmesg | grep par
>  
> turns up nothing.
>  
> $ cat /proc/ioports
>  
> turns up nothing looking like a parallel port, either.  The 378
> neighborhood seems vacant.
>  
> Is there a set of packages that I need to install?

Try (as root) "modprobe parport_pc" and see if anything shows up
in /proc/ioports

Paul.
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