I have changed two things in order two have the printer working 1) parallel port support is built into the kernel as opposed to a module 2) I have enabled as a module parallel port support for pc (module parport_pc.o) I suspect that it is 2) which made the difference since the redhat compiled kernel has parallel port support as a module. Cheers, Dominic. Dominic Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I have compiled the kernel with parallel port support and parallel > > port printer support. However, I can't get the printer to work. > Module lp fails to load. I have tried to add the line > > alias char-major-6 lp > > in /etc/modules.conf without sucess. When trying to load the > module manually I get a resource busy type of response: > > $ modprobe lp Warning: You do not need a link from > /etc/conf.modules to > /etc/modules.conf. The use of /etc/conf.modules is > depreciated, > please remove /etc/conf.modules as soon as possible. > Command > rm /etc/conf.modules /lib/modules/2.2.18/misc/lp.o: > init_module: Périphérique ou ressource occupé > /lib/modules/2.2.18/misc/lp.o: insmod > /lib/modules/2.2.18/misc/lp.o failed > /lib/modules/2.2.18/misc/lp.o: insmod lp failed > > > By the way is there a way to disable this annoying warning about > /etc/modules.conf ? > > Thanks. > > > Dominic. > > > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list > mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
