Thanks Khen1950fx, I actually got it to work using the code below. I changed auto:0 to auto:1 and that did it. require "subparseform.lib"; &Parse_Form; print "Set-cookie: cart_id=1234; user_id=123;\n"; print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; use strict; use CGI; use Device::ParallelPort; # use Device::ParallelPort::drv::linux # Set up your parallel port object and tell it what driver to use. my $parport = Device::ParallelPort->new('auto:1'); # $parport->set_bit(0,1); # $parport->set_bit(1, 1); $parport->set_bit(2, 1); $parport->set_bit(3, 1); $parport->set_bit(4, 1); $parport->set_bit(5, 1); $parport->set_bit(6, 1); $parport->set_bit(7, 1); If I comment out the CGI lines I get an Internal Server Error, that's why I have them. Is there a serious problem with doing it this way?

In reply to Re^2: Accessing parallel ports by tumoheat
in thread Accessing parallel ports by tumoheat

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