Lanner FW-8894 - Manual (Page 29)

(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 xml file in the
Guest OS.
(5) Reboot the Guest OS.
Note: It is necessary for you to insmod parport.ko,
parport_pc.ko and ppdev.ko linux kernel drivers in
virtualization environment before executing the
ppdev_test testing program.
In case of VMWare Player, please use the following
steps as a guideline to implement the virtualization:
(1) Make sure that the Guest OS has been installed.
(2) To set up the parallel port pass through, please
enter VMWare Player’s --> Virtual Machine 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 insmod parport.
ko, parport_pc.ko and ppdev.ko linux kernel drivers
in virtualization environment before executing the
ppdev_test testing program.