On Sun 10 Nov 2019 at 17:53:58 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote:
> Please would you do the following, preferably on an unstable/testing
> installation:
>
> 1. Comment out the entries in /etc/modules-load.d/cups-filters.conf.
>
> 2. Reboot without a parallel port printer attached to the machine.
>
> 3. Do 'lsmod | grep parport' and 'lsmod | grep lp' and report on which
> modules are loaded by the kernel.
>
> 4. Attach a parallel port printer, switch it on and report on the output
> of 'lsmod | grep lp'
>
> 5. Give the kernel version used ('uname -a').
After following my own advice I find that parport_pc and ppdev are
loaded. lp doesn't get loaded, even when the printer is attached.
It seems to me that the ppdev and parport_pc lines in cups-filters.conf
are superfluous with kernel 5.3.0-1. Whether the lp module should be
loaded for everyone is a decision I leave to someone else.
Cheers,
Brian.
