problems with stepcon

hope you guys can help
cnc was running fine for 8 months
then the hardrive went bad, so i installed new hardrive and loaded ubuntu again
but when I am using stepcon and test x axis nothing happens
I know I dont have the driver for paralell port card now and I dont know how to get it (no disk)
I think this is the problem I dont remember how I did it the first time
paralell port card (SYBA SD-PEX10005) I went to their website and could not find drivers for linux
also I dont think port adress is 0x378 I have tried LPT1 but that dont help
I have made nice things on my machine but now I cant even get a axis to jog
please someone HELP

To find the parallel port address from a terminal try...

and take a look here...
linuxcnc.org/docs/2.5/html/hal/parallel_port.html

and here...

www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum...-parallel-port-cards

Rick G

Hi

The chipset is MCS9900, which is a late NetMOS and will work and does not require any extra driver

Look at the 2nd link Rick gave you for finding the port address

Be aware that if you have a charge pump on your BOB, the stepconf jog may not work anyway, so you need to run the resulting config

regards

I know very little about linux, how do I bring up a command window so I can type in commands
Thank You for your help

this is called Terminal ..

located under Accessories from the linux menu bar

I found terminal
and typed in Ispci-v then 1spci-v then Lspci- v even 1spci-vv
no command 'Ispci' found,did you mean:command 'Lspci' from package 'pciutils' (main)
all I get is command not found

First of all thank you for helping me
so now I typed in lspci and hit enter and I got a long list of hardware mostly involving 'nVida' corporation and
Paralell controller: NetMos Technology Device 9900

Hi

Type in lspci -vv > lspci.txt and that will create a file called lspci.txt

Attach that to a post , it is the details of the netMOS 9900 we need so you must use the -vv after lspci to get the right amount of detail

regards

I typed in lspci-vv>lspci.txt I got 'command not found' so then I
typed in lspci -vv>lspci.txt and I didnt get a error but nothing happened also what do you mean "Attach that to a post"
I'm sorry you guys I am trying

I do have a file named lspci.txt and it has a lot of information in it now what do I do with it