On dom, 18 apr 1999, rimez wrote:
> >few entries in conf.modules to make the damm thing work. (if modules)
> >Took me some time to:
>
> ># post-install paride insmod frpw
> ># pre-remove paride rmmod frpw
> >alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> >options parport_pc io=0x378
>
> When I check the status of my printer it keeps telling me that it's idle or
> that it's offline? It doesn't matter if I am root or not... the results are
> always the same.
> Can someone point me to some info on this? Please :-)
Starting from kernel 2.2.x printer devices are numbered differently and I think
that everyone on this list is aware of it.
On DOS you have LPT1, LPT2 and LPT3 and they can assume i/o addresses among
0x3bc, 0x378 and 0x278.
On my system I have:
LPT1 -> io=0x378 (and IRQ=7)
LPT2 -> io=0x278
Now, on kernels 2.0.x you have:
lp1 -> LPT1
with kernels 2.2.x you have:
lp0 -> LPT1
I did this:
In /etc/conf.modules:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
# MF 19990415 Next line changed to get printer working for
# kernel 2.2.x
#options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=none,none
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
# MF End of changes
You may want to use something different for you setup, depending on the io and
IRQ of your printer.
Then with YaST I create a new /etc/printcap file and I chose lp0 instead of
lp1.
The result is that I can print with K 2.2.5.
> Another question.... I was having problems with rc.d when I first upgraded to
> 6.0. I kept getting a screenful of errorson boot up about modprobe not being
> able to find certain modules... kinda like this:
> modprobe: can't locate module blah blah blah
> modprobe: can't locate module blah blah blah
> modprobe: can't locate module blah blah blah
> I have since fixed this using a hack from C Johnson (the serial hack).
> I want to know if this has been (or will be) fixed in 6.1?
>
As long as you don't compile such devices as modules or you don't set their
values to off (I did, for instance: alias block-major-4 off) in
/etc/conf.modules, then you will have that kind of messages on the screen
Hope this helps,
Ciao,
Maurizio
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