This is a non-issue for modern Linux on any modern bus (pci, pci-e, usb, etc.). The kernel will see the device and assign a node for it via udev, etc. The lpt1 thing was a dos/windows issue, and the irq conflicts an isa era thing (I assume that board has no isa slots?). On Oct 1, 2012 10:25 AM, "Marr" <<a href="mailto:wm33@att.net">wm33@att.net</a>> wrote: > > Coincidentally, right after sending my previous message, I saw this, on a > completely unrelated mailing list that I follow: > > "The parallel port was a great tool, but these days it is more effort > than it is worth. Third-party parallel port boards exist, but they are > often problematic. One issue is that they often use non-standard port > addresses or IRQs, or at least addresses other than the LPT1 addresses. > Or sometimes they do use the LPT1 addresses, but the motherboard has > claimed these for itself (even though it does not implement a parallel > port physically). And a lot of parallel port software is fixed for LPT1 > only." > > FWIW.... > > Regards, > Bill > _______________________________________________ > linux-user mailing list > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a>