On Sunday 10 Aug 2003 12:27 am, USM Bish wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 07:21:32AM +0530, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > > On Thursday 07 Aug 2003 10:53 pm, Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote: > > > dmesg|grep parport > > > > I have a parallel port. But dmesg|grep parport doesn't give any > > output. What to do? > > This indicates that parport (and possibly slip support) is not > statically compiled in your kernel). Please check if this has > been loaded as a module by the init scripts. > > # lsmod > > If not, load it (with root privileges):
It was not having parport > > a) Find the path for parport ... > # locate parport.o > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# locate parport.o /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/media/video/i2c-parport.o.gz /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/parport/parport.o.gz > b) Then load it: > # insmod /full/path/to/parport.o [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# insmod /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/drivers/parport/parport.o.gz > c) Recheck ... > # lsmod | grep parport [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# lsmod | grep parport parport 34176 0 (unused) > That should do the trick. Other alternative is to recompile the > kernel with serial port support compiled static, to have dmesg > boot up entries. I have the following lines in /etc/modules.conf [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# cat /etc/modules.conf alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=auto dma=auto still parport module is not installed during boot. Any solutions to get it installed during boot without recompiling kernel. -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
