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01 Nov 2016 19:07 #82316 by ax650
I've went from 10.04 Lucid to wheezy and linuxcnc 2.7.7. Now my parallel port is not working. I'm using a Sherline cnc mill with Sherline controller. I have checked the bios menu the parallel port is enabled, base i/o address is 378,mode is 378 and interrupt is irq7. Are these the correct setting if not what are the correct settings. I have tried searching but cat seem to find the answer.
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Norm

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01 Nov 2016 20:09 #82318 by andypugh
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What did you change? Was this just an update of LinuxCNC on the same OS, or did you reinstall everything from scratch?

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01 Nov 2016 20:24 #82320 by ax650
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All new from scratch.

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01 Nov 2016 20:31 #82321 by Todd Zuercher
Are you using the motherboards built in parallel port, or an add on card?
Are you using your old config files copied over from old to new?
What version of Linuxcnc were you running before when it was all working?

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01 Nov 2016 20:38 #82322 by ax650
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Motherboard parallel port Didn't copy old files I was using 10.04 lucid now all new computer and wheezy new install.
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Norm

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01 Nov 2016 20:43 #82323 by andypugh
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Do you still have the old config files? They should be a good starting point.

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01 Nov 2016 20:48 #82324 by ax650
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Sorry I don't the old computer motherboard died installed new wheezy on old drive. I did use the drop down menu and selected Sherline 3axis when starting linuxcnc.

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01 Nov 2016 21:29 #82325 by andypugh
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All that is really likely to be wrong is the base address of the parallel port.

The first thing to try is just "0" and let Linux try to find the first parallel port for you.

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01 Nov 2016 21:40 #82326 by ax650
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Sorry I'm a total noob is this what you mean netstat -0
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Norm

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01 Nov 2016 21:47 #82328 by andypugh
Replied by andypugh on topic Parallel port not working
No, in the HAL file when it has "loadrt hal_parport" make the address 0. (or, use 0 as the address in Stepconf, if you are using stepconf)

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