If root cannot execute the "insmod" command, you have a bigger problem than
printing. How is your system adding *any* modules to the kernel without this
command? This would (probably) cause Lawson's suggestions to fail as well as
mine.
So ... how about checking a couple of things?
1. see what (as root) the command "find / -name insmod" returns. If it finds
insmod, repeat the commens I suggested, adding the full PATH to insmod
(e.g., enter "/sbin/insmod parport" and so on).
2. see if you have any better luck with the "modprobe" command in place of
insmod.
And with respect to the last paragraph of your message: I'm afraid I don't
understand what procedure you are describing in this last bit. What does
"re-install the printer" mean? What are you actually doing here?
At 08:17 AM 6/10/00 -0400, Miroslav Skoric wrote [in part]:
...
>> As root, enter ...
>>
>> insmod parport
>> insmod parport_pc
>> insmod lp
>>
>> ... and now see if the port is recognized and you can print to it.
>
>No. It just returns to me:
>
>bash: insmod: Command not found
>
>to any of your commands.
>
>
>What I can only do is to remove the printer, re-boot the box and
>re-install the printer again. It will work until the next re-boot and I
>have to repeat the process again and again...
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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