Adding 2nd printer port

[kwall@kurtwerks.com]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 04:53:54PM -0500, Harry G wrote:
> Using Suse version 8.0 Professional
> 
> How do I get the system to reconize the new port?  At startup, scanning for 
> new hardware pauses for a while, and it sees the additional serial ports (2) 
> on the card, but not the parallel port, which is a IEEE 1284 EPP/ECP unit.  
> The manufacturer says it can be installed as a standard port under linux
> 
> Any help is appreciated.  works fine under W$98.

Presumably, it would be /dev/lp1. Nothing useful in dmesg output?
>From one of my systems (the one with a printer attached, anyway):

$ dmesg 
...
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
...

Kurt
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