Matthew Claridge wrote: > Its funny you should say that because when printtool tries to autodetect > a printer, it says I don't have parallel port modules loaded..... > > the output of lsmod looks like this: > > # lsmod > Module Size Used by Tainted: PF > Mvnetd 9808 1 (unused) > Mvnet 54998 0 [Mvnetd] > Mvnetint 320 0 (unused) > Mvw 4724 0 (unused) > Mvmouse 872 0 (unused) > Mvkbd 984 0 (unused) > Mvgic 3296 0 (unused) > Mvdsp 1064 0 (unused) > Mserial 6628 0 (unused) > Mmpip 7172 0 (unused) > Mmerge 134264 0 [Mvnetd Mvnet Mvw Mvmouse Mvkbd Mvgic > Mvdsp Mserial Mmpip] > mki-adapter 19344 0 [Mvnetd Mvnet Mvnetint Mvw Mvmouse > Mvkbd Mvgic Mvdsp Mserial Mmpip Mmerge] > emu10k1 55680 1 > ac97_codec 9568 0 [emu10k1] > sb_lib 32256 0 (unused) > uart401 6016 0 [sb_lib] > sound 52876 0 [emu10k1 sb_lib uart401] > soundcore 3236 7 [emu10k1 sb_lib sound] > tulip 37152 1 > keybdev 1664 0 (unused) > usbkbd 2816 0 (unused) > input 3072 0 [keybdev usbkbd] > usb-ohci 17472 0 (unused) > usbcore 48032 1 [usbkbd usb-ohci] > > > Now I know there's no parport modules listed, but when I run modconf, > the parport and parport-pc ARE selected....I've even tried deselecting > them, rebooting and then reselecting them and rebooting again, but lsmod > still doesn't list anything..... > > maybe I broke something??? > >
In my list of modules, I have the following loaded: parport parport_pc lp Since I don't see any of those in your 'lsmod" results, I would say your printer port is not being initialized on boot-up. As a test, try to load each of these modules with "modprobe" and check if your printer works after loading them. If it "fixes" the problem, I would advise adding them to /etc/modules with any old text editor. I have had spotty luck using modconf here. Sometimes it works fine, other times it doesn't seem to insert the proper modules. I run the 2.4.18 kernel here with a mix of "testing" and "unstable' packages, and I think my problem is probably in the "mix" that I have. Dunno about your setup, but you might be seeing the same things. I have found the above steps seem to be the most reliable way to get the proper modules loaded for me... Cheers, -Don Spoon- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
