Re: no such device as /dev/lpt1

[Ashley Clark <aclark@ghoti.org>]

On N¨m, 16 Ba    2000, Kent West wrote:
> Thanks Jim, for the response. That helps clear up a couple of things. So
> now, when I do an "insmod lp", I get this:
> 
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_ieee1284_nibble_mode_ok
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_unregister_device
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_enumerate
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_claim_or_block
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_register_device
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_wait_peripheral
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol parport_release

You should use "modprobe lp" to load all the dependant modules, like
parport and whatever else. insmod just tries to load the module you
specified while modprobe attempts to load it and any others it
depends on that aren't already loaded.

-- 
Ashley Clark