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27 Aug 2020 15:01 #179691 by shortcircuit48
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Yes. Have just this moment installed Mint 20 and now going to follow procedure to install.

Thanks will keep you updated

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27 Aug 2020 15:39 #179697 by shortcircuit48
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That is Linuxcnc now running on Mint 20 which was no bother to install following instructions. Unfortunately I still can not get ptest to work as it still cant find port. Ahead but no further forward.

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27 Aug 2020 15:44 #179698 by Todd Zuercher
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If your pc only has 1 parallel port, have you tried just using the line
loadrt hal_parport cfg="0"

Or if you have 2 ports you might need to use
loadrt hal_parport cfg="1"
to access the "other" port.

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27 Aug 2020 15:49 #179699 by Todd Zuercher
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What does the following command show at a command line?
cat /proc/ioports |grep parport

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27 Aug 2020 16:13 #179702 by shortcircuit48
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Only have one parallel port

~$ loadrt hal_parport cfg="0"
bash: loadrt: command not found
hamish@hamish-HP-500B-Microtower:~$ sudo loadrt hal_parport cfg="0"
[sudo] password for hamish:
sudo: loadrt: command not found
hamish@hamish-HP-500B-Microtower:~$ cat /proc/ioports |grep parport
hamish@hamish-HP-500B-Microtower:~$

Looks like I have a problem with commands. Will look in "packages"?

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27 Aug 2020 20:54 #179739 by tommylight
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hamish@hamish-HP-500B-Microtower:~$ cat /proc/ioports |grep parport
hamish@hamish-HP-500B-Microtower:~$

That means no parallel port !
Did you try lspci -v on Mint 20?

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27 Aug 2020 23:59 #179759 by shortcircuit48
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I have reinstalled Mint 20 and have as yet to install cnc. From lspci -v I get

03:04.0 Parallel controller: Device 1c00:2170 (rev 0f) (prog-if 01 [BiDir])
Subsystem: Device 1c00:2170
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 10
I/O ports at ec00
I/O ports at e880
Which suggest there is a parport.
Will try later today. Thanks

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28 Aug 2020 09:25 #179796 by shortcircuit48
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I cleaned system out and installed Mint 20 Ulyana along with 2.8test, which appear ok. Latency test has come down but appears a bit high.
I have run the parport tester but it still fails to find port with
Note: Using POSIX realtime
config string '0xec00 out'
Linux parallel port @60416 not found
When I run lspci - vv I get
03:04.0 Parallel controller: Device 1c00:2170 (rev 0f) (prog-if 01 [BiDir])
Subsystem: Device 1c00:2170
Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
Region 0: I/O ports at ec00
Region 1: I/O ports at e880

Does this suggest I do have a parport?
Thanks for help

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28 Aug 2020 11:41 #179819 by tommylight
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config string '0xec00 out'

Region 0: I/O ports at ec00
Region 1: I/O ports at e880

try
'0 out'
instead of the port address, then if that does not work try
config string '0xe880 out'
Restart the PC between tries.

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28 Aug 2020 13:02 #179827 by shortcircuit48
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When I used"0 out" I now get
Note: Using POSIX non-realtime
config string '0 out'
Linux parallel port #0 not found
hal_parport: rtapi_app_main: No such file or directory (-2)
ptest.hal:1: waitpid failed /usr/bin/rtapi_app hal_parport
ptest.hal:1: /usr/bin/rtapi_app exited without becoming ready
ptest.hal:1: insmod for hal_parport failed, returned -1
halcmd:

Using"0xe880" was as previously listed

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