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Re: How do I set up a PLIP connection?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Blundell)
Tue Oct 10 21:10:46 1995
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 12:48:49 +0100 (BST)
From: Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk>
To: Martin Kraemer <Martin.Kraemer@mch.sni.de>
cc: Linux Network Channel <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199510091440.AA03288@deejai.mch.sni.de>
On Mon, 9 Oct 1995, Martin Kraemer wrote:
> % ifconfig plip0
> plip0: unknown interface.
There are no plip interfaces registered.
> I just re-checked and yes, the PLIP option _is_ set in the kernel's
> configuration.
In that case, it means that the PLIP driver couldn't find any ports to
use. If you have the lp driver configured to grab all the ports, this
problem will occur.
> Or does PLIP just not install at boot because a parallel printer is
> configured (CONFIG_PRINTER=y)? If this is indeed the case, then *PLEASE*
> could someone (who's responsible for plip?) add a note to either the
> README{1,2}.PLIP or to the config.in? Or add a printk() to the PLIP probing
> code that is executed at boot time?
I believe this was done in about 1.3.26.
> longer. Nevertheless: I guess more people than just me would have a hard
> time figuring out this device conflict all on their own.
You can work around it by loading plip and lp as modules, and giving the
"port=, irq=" options. Or you can edit lp.c to stop it grabbing all your
ports.
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philip blundell trinity college cambridge 01223 356256 pjb27@cam.ac.uk
