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Setting --> VMWare Player's setting page to select /dev/parport0 as parallel port device.
(3) Open a terminal in the Guest OS and then issue the following commands to install Linux
Kernel drivers.
# modprobe parport
# modprobe parport_pc
# modprobe ppdev
4) Check that whether the /dev/parport0 exists or not. You may not find proper "/dev/parport0"
in the device list, please reconfirm the setup of VMWare Player's setting page described in
Step 2.
(5) Reboot the Guest OS.
Note: It is still necessary for you to install "insmod parport.ko", "parport_pc.ko" and "ppdev.ko"
Linux Kernel drivers in virtualization environment before executing the "ppdev_test" testing
program.
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