> On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Tim Waugh wrote:
>
> > > Hello,
> > > Trying to modprobe lp.o for the 2.1.56 kernel hangs my system - my
> > > parallel port is the internal one of a Gigabyte TX mainboard, set to
> > > ECP/EPP mode.
> >
> > Erk! It completely hangs?
>
> Sorry, it was a mistake on my side. A
>
> modprobe lp.o
>
> simply takes forever. (Which, in a startup script, has basically the same
> effect as hanging the system ;) ).
Does it take longer than it used to, then? If you have "auto-probe for
parallel devices" turned on, that might take a bit of time. At the moment
there seems to be some bug that makes it time out when it shouldn't.
Tim.
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