Subject: lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Date: Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 08:09:28PM +0200
In reply to:Robert Waldner Quoting Robert Waldner([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi! > > I had to reconfigure my printer port from IRQ 7 to IRQ 5 (because I´ve > got a soundcard which is hardwired to IRQ 7 <grr>). > > Luckily I had compiled lp as a module, so I thought a simple change from > `modprobe lp irq=7` to "irq=5" should suffice. Nope: > > bash-2.03# insmod lp.o irq=5 > lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy > You don't have to use a precious IRQ for the printer, it dosn't require one. Try adding this append line in lilo.conf append = "apm=on lp=parport0 parport=0x378,none" | IRQ Address > syslogs tells: > Jul 6 20:06:14 WatchZwerg kernel: lp0: Not found > Jul 6 20:06:14 WatchZwerg kernel: lp: No override devices found. -- There can never be a computer language in which you cannot write a bad program. _______________________________________________________