Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-10,: Re: 2.1.90-2/lp

# Re: 2.1.90-2/lp

Garst R. Reese (reese@isn.net)
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 21:48:54 -0400

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Tim Waugh wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Garst R. Reese wrote:
>
> > Trying to print from netscape,
> > lpq says printer off line.
> > /proc/modules shows lp and parport loaded
> > Is there something new (since .88) that has to go into conf.modules?
>
> The problem is that kmod prevents parport from doing
> request_module("parport_lowlevel"), and so you must insert the lowlevel
> module by hand, like:
>
> modprobe parport_pc
>
> I hope that kmod will be fixed soon to allow recursive request_module()s.
That will be nice :)
>
> Tim.
> */
OK, what I had to do was:
modprobe parport_pc
modprobe -r lp
modprobe lp

the it printed the stuff on the q.

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    Garst

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