Re: a strange problem with modules 2/4... debian kernel 2.6.7-1-386

From: RRB (rrb_at_despammed.com)
Date: 08/30/04

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    Dances With Crows wrote:
    > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:29:11 +0200, RRB staggered into the Black Sun and
    > said:
    > [problems with /dev/lp0]
    >
    >>Again thanks, now i have found something, kernel starting up loads
    >>wrong module parport, mounting manually right module parport_pc the
    >>printer works, so i have to understand how to fix permanently and, in
    >>case, how it could happen.
    >
    >
    > parport is the module for generic parallel port support. It must be
    > loaded before you use any parallel port. parport_pc is the module for
    > x86-style parallel ports. It must be loaded before you use a parallel
    > port on an x86 machine.

    Thank you v.m.

    >
    > For Debian and Gentoo, put "parport_pc" and "lp" into
    > /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.N , for other distros, try putting the

    this file is not present.

    > line
    > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc

    this line is present in file.

    >
    > into /etc/modules.conf . You will have to load lp before printing
    > anything, but this should be taken care of by a line like this in
    > modules.conf :
    >
    > alias char-major-6 lp

    this is not, but module lp will be loaded.

    A question, does the file /lib/modules/2.6.7-1-386/modules.symbols somehow matters? 

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