Had the problem after upgrading from 8.04 to 10.04. Looked for help on ubuntuforums.org (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1457290) but found this bug report.
Fix worked by typing in "sudo modrobe parport_pc "
Didn't add it to /etc/modules correctly, but hope to try that again soon.
Had the problem after upgrading from 8.04 to 10.04. Looked for help on ubuntuforums.org (http:// ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=1457290) but found this bug report.
Fix worked by typing in "sudo modrobe parport_pc "
Didn't add it to /etc/modules correctly, but hope to try that again soon.