Hi, perhaps lp.o is compiled in the kernel. In order to print you need (on an ordinary i386): parport.o parport_pc.o lp.o Try insmodding there three (in this order) and see what it does.
Hope it helps, Sebastiaan On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Doug Hespe wrote: > I have just installed potato on a machine which happily > ran slink before. During the install it refused to > load the lp module--- > >Error installing lp module > >/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o:init_module:Device or resource busy > >Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > >invalid IO or IRQ parameters > >/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o:insmod /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o failed > >/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/lp.o:insmod lp failed > ---so I put in parport which someone mentioned some time ago. > > At bootup, if the printer is on, parport detects the > printer correctly-- see attatched dmesg log-- but when > I try to cat testfile > /dev/lp0 or lp1, bash complains > that no such devices exist. > > If someone can tell me where in the fine manual to look > for help, I should be most grateful. > > TIA, > Doug. >
