On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 the mental interface of nate told: > Elimar Riesebieter said: > > Hi, > > > > I am running a selfmade 2.4.19. The printer devive isn't available: > > > modprobe parport_pc > > /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o: > > init_module: Device or resource busy > > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^? > > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ? > > /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o: insmod > > /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o failed > > /lib/modules/2.4.19/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o: insmod > > parport_pc failed > > > > Any Hints? > > > I'm no expert on 2.4.x, and have been curious why this message comes > up(I see it on SuSE 8 which uses 2.4.18 ..) Isn't SuSE`s 2.4.18 a 2.4.19-xxx? > > at least for this SuSE 8 system here to get parport_pc to load I have > to specify the IRQ and io address. with kernel 2.2.x it doesn't seem > to care ........ > > e.g. > modprobe parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 > > the above parameters are usually the defaults for the parallel port > on most systems.. check the bios of your system to be sure if it doesn't > work .. I checked my bios. modprobe parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 didn't work :(
Ciao Elimar -- Obviously the human brain works like a computer. Since there are no stupid computers humans can't be stupid. There are just a few running with Windows or even CE ;-)
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