From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021119 Description of problem: I have a HP 7200i parallel port cd burner and am using the latest 2.4.18-19.8.0 kernel available. Issuing modprobe pg hangs the system and the only solution is to turn off the machine's power. I connect up the burner using: modprobe paride modprobe epat modprobe pg If I ctrl+alt+F1 and issue: modprobe pg verbose=2 This text repeats ad infinitum in the console window... pg0: Completion stat=0x58 err=0x0 phase=1 timeout pg0: Read 36 bytes I had this problem with Debian woody and it was a problem the the epat module which was subsequently fixed (see debian bug 166986). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Connect HP 7200i burner to parallel port 2. Switch to console with ctrl+alt+f1 3.modprobe paride 4. modprobe epat 5. modprobe pg Actual Results: The following text repeats in the console over and over: pg0: Completion stat=0x58 err=0x0 phase=1 timeout pg0: Read 36 bytes Expected Results: I expect the cd burner to be connected. Additional info:
Typo. It's a 7200e not 7200i.
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