On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Johanna Pink wrote:
> - I did a re-install and tried to find out the source of my non-working > printer. Obviously Linux doesn't recognize it (I tried dmesg | grep > USB). During installation, my other USB devices were recognized, I could > chose a wheel mouse, but I couldn't chose a printer. The printer driver > module /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/kernel/drivers/usb/printer.o.gz is > there, but not loaded (I ran /sbin/lsmod in order to check that). How > can I load it? And it would probably a good idea to fix it. :-) The > driver for my specific printer is there, I can chose it in the Mandrake > control center. It's part of the gimp-print package, so that shouldn't > be the problem. Can anybody give me a quick solution that will work > before the final release? :-) > You can load the module via: modprobe printer Normally this happens automagically if the kernel recognises the device on the usb bus. If loading it helps, you could add an entry of "printer" in /etc/modules to load it at boot. > - Mozilla still doesn't load, or, to be specific: If I try to load > Mozilla Navigator via the KDE menu bar (K -> network -> internet -> WWW) > or if I put an icon in the toolbar, it doesn't load up. Obviously there > is a wrong link somewhere. If I load Mozilla messenger, it starts up > without any problems, and once I'm in Mozilla, I can of course start the > Navigator, too. > Haven't seen this myself, but I'll check on the last install I did. > - The text cursor seems to be less jumpy after having typed "trackpad > notap" in the console. Obviously there is a connection :-) > Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/PPC/FAQ/
