On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:55:47 -0500 (EST), Rodolfo Medina wrote:
 
>> Installing the driver for my new printer Samsung ML-1915 (the official
>> Samsung driver) created the file /etc/modprobe.conf, containing the
>> following stuff:
>> 
>>  options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 dma=3
>> 
>> Since then, at every boot the following warning message appears:
>> 
>>  /etc/modprobe.conf exists but does not include /etc/modprobe.d!
>> 
>> Besides, in the virtual consoles the characters have got smaller, and a few
>> more strange things happen.  So I want to get rid of that file.  But if I
>> remove it, or even only append to it the line:
>> 
>>  include /etc/modprobe.d/
>> 
>> , the error message disappear but the printer does not work.  It may have
>> something to do with the load of /dev/mfp4, the printer port.


Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> writes:

>>> [...] First, eliminate the "include" record that you added to
>>> /etc/modprobe.conf.  Then issue the following commands:
>>>
>>> # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/parport.conf
>>> # update-initramfs -uk `uname -r`
>>> # shutdown -r now


Rodolfo Medina wrote:
 
>> Unfortunately, it doesn't work.


Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> writes:

> Can you be a little more specific about that?  What are the failure
> symptoms?


It's what I reported at first: the warning message disappears but the printer
doesn't work.  With /etc/modprobe.conf, the printer works normally.

Rodolfo


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