1/ ken@ken-shuttle:~$ lsmod | grep lp lp 9028 0 parport 29640 2 ppdev,lp 2/ ken@ken-shuttle:~$ lsmod | grep ppdev ppdev 6916 0 parport 29640 2 ppdev,lp 3/ ken@ken-shuttle:~$ lsmod | grep parport_pc No response - ken 4/ ken@ken-shuttle:~$ ls -l /dev/|p* /dev/parport* bash: parport.txt: command not found ken@ken-shuttle:~$ Couldn't find the third caracter on my keybourd so could be gigo on my part PS I tried that >output.txt but nothing doing so I copy/pasted it into this.