Bug#78750: boot-floppies 3.0.14 available for testing (i386 and powerpc)
"Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> Tried on a new and an old i386; no apparent problems, except this that
> might throw a naive user:
>
> Module selection: misc: lp appears before the parport... modules,
> therefore it will be selected first by most people. Selection fails
> if the parport modules are not selected first, but there is nothing
> to explain this to the hapless refugee from Windoze.
Yes, I believe this is bug 78750.
Is this actually a modconf bug? or a modutils bug? On i386, the
parport_pc module always provides the low level parport doesn't it?
It seems like 'modprobe lp' should just work, and it's modutils' job
to make sure that functions.
Or am I confused about something?
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...Adam Di Carlo..<adam@onshore-devel.com>...<URL:http://www.onshored.com/>
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