Re: 2.2.0pre5: parport as module

Tim Waugh (tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 10 Jan 1999 09:00:58 +0000 (GMT)


On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Brian Ryner wrote:

> I think I've seen similar reports to this on the list before, but I
> never noticed any resolution to it. Anyway, my problem is that my
> printing works fine if I compile the parallel port support into the
> kernel, but not if I compile it as a module (parport.o + parport_pc.o).
> When I compile it as a module, the module autoloads when necessary, but
> lpq still reports that the printer is offline. It's definitely one of
> these modules causing it, as I have lp.o as a module in both cases.
> Anyone know why this would happen?

Please try this: print something, dmesg, lsmod. Let me know what happens.

You do have 'depmod -a' in your init scripts, don't you?

Thanks,
Tim.
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