Jas Posted May 9, 2005 Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 the only reason i have vmware installed, is so that i can use my parallel port, and the ONLY thing that doesnt work is the damned parallel port itself, no matter how many times i reconfigure it, or if i reboot, it ALWAYS tells me that /dev/parport0 is used by another program (such as another instance of VMWare Workstation) or driver (such as lp). Virtual device parallel0 will start disconnected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 fixed.. had to ]$ modprobe parport_pc && modprobe ppdev ]$ rmmod lp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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