flummoxed with MosChip Semiconductor PCI express Parallel printer card

[woodsmoke]

'Bout what it says...

I have a brand spanking new computer with no parallell port, it has the two little PCI Express slots.

So I got the MosChip under the brand name SYBA which has, drivers, in the box on a cd.

However, as with other postings by other people in various Ubu fora the driver which has to be installed from tar don't seem to work.

The system originally saw the card in KinfoCenter/Device Ingormation/PCI, it is the fourth listed item, a PCI Express gigabit ethernet controller which is actually on board
Broadcom wireless
TI Host controller and the:

MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd. Device 9900.

So the thing is seen by the sytstem but it is not enabled.

i've tried all the "modprob" etc. suggestions around the net and even tried installing the PCI HotPlug, which is, assumedly already present.

Here is one attempt which didn't provide any joy:

$ sudo modprobe parport_pc io=0xe000
$ sudo modprobe lp

$ sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ExpressCard

Sooo...either:

a) it is a thing about the latest kernel, there is such a discussion from 2013
b) it is a command that I have forgotten or just didn't know to begin with.

So any help would be greatly appreciated...

The old Laserjet 6P is a workhorse, and I even purchased an extra light unit and cartridge for it..so..

again, any help would be greatly appreciated.

woodsmoke

[woodsmoke]

Here is the output of sudo lspci -v



02:00.0 Parallel controller: MosChip Semiconductor Technology Ltd. Device 9900 (prog-if 03 [IEEE1284])
Subsystem: Device a000:2000
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
I/O ports at d010 [size=8]
I/O ports at d000 [size=8]
Memory at fe901000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Memory at fe900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [78] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
Capabilities: [800] Advanced Error Reporting

[woodsmoke]

There was a time...long time ago! when one had to have "one card above another" on the mobo, but that has probably gone away now.

However, i did try changing the slot in which the card resides with no result.

woodsmoke

[woodsmoke]

no help here?

woodhopingsmoke

[woodsmoke]

I'm considering a usb to parallel thingy if anyone has experience.

woodsmoke

[Snowhog]

My laptops have no parallel ports. My laser printer is parallel. I use a parallel to USB cable. Works fine.

[woodsmoke]

thankeee very much! too bad I bout the pci card from a place to where I cannot take it back! lol

woodthanksagainsmoke

[woodsmoke]

Thanks muchly Snowhog! It works marvy!

This thread can be marked solved by a moderator.

A couple of notes.

A) the HP hplip gui did not find the printer.
B) the normal "printer add" in Settings found it as a USB printer buried within the findings of the HP6600. The listing is MUCH larger one has to go WAAAY down to find the Laserjet 6P. I used this driver:

HP LaserJet 6p, hpcups 3.14.3

thanks again, btw..........I have a pci express parallel printer card for donation or whatever if somebody wants to contact me!

woodsmoke