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> The BIOS
> 
>       Many PC BIOSes will make the parallel port into a Plug-and-Play device. 
>       This just adds needless complexity to a perfectly simple device that
>       is nearly always present; turn off the PnP setting for your parallel 
>        prot ("LPT1" in many BIOSes) if your parallel port isn't detected by the Linux
>       driver. The correct setting is often called "legacy", "ISA", or "0x378", but probably not "disabled".

John

> 
> I am just about closing off and bedding down, but!
> I managed to backup all essential stuff today and reinstall eServer 3.1.1,
> which has given me back my ability to print. Reinstalled quit a bit but I now
> have a small problem, 2 in fact, that I might ask about.
> 
> Have no parallel printer port it seems, I do have usb. Thjought it might be
> that the ||printer is not enabled in the kernel. Went to root called xconfig
> and it said that command gcc was not available ?? Maybe not installed but i
> did do a complete install, all goodies. I also cannot undo tar files as 'tar'
> is not in my path ?? now why would that be !!
> 
> Am going to look on the install cd to see if i can find them.
> 
> Any comments would bve appreciated. Gain one lose 2
> 
> --
> Keith Antoine aka 'skippy'
> 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161
> Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage
> 
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