So, if solution exists, tell me, please...
]]>brwsed through the kernel to find out what module was maybe built-in in 2.4. and is not in 2.6., but can't find one.
the strange thing about this issue is, that dmesg tells me that lp is loaded, but doesn't find a device, like it weren't plugged in or damaged.....gonna ask google later if I can kill some time I guess...
@skeeter:
what mainboard do u have, for me it's a via chipset on a gigabyte board with an amd 800 in it.
and andy:
i have exactlly the same lines in my dmesg, just the error code is another :
request_module: failed /sbin/modprobe -- parport_lowlevel. error = -256
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
and obviously it works without any problems in 2.4, gonna have to rebuild the 2.6 kernel today i guess
]]>Hmmm, I wanted to give you my list of loaded modules, when I remembered that I compiled them in the kernel (I need to recompile it since I would need the SCSI variant).
But I think you should look for parallel port modules (that is if you have a parallel port printer) - I remember a number of kernel options relating to this.
Here are my dmesg snippets relating to the printer (chronologiaclly) :
request_module: failed /sbin/modprobe -- parport_lowlevel. error = -16
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
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parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP(,...)]
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
hmmm the first error is odd .... ah well, /dev/printers/0 is there ;-)
]]>for me the usual procedure was to load "lp" and then i have a /dev/printers/0 to print on. Now in 2.6 I have no szch device, i have this directory /dev/printers but no file in it....
if i reload the "lp" module i can read in dmesg that the module was successfully loaded but no device was found?!
any suggestions....?
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