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Re: Quick question on /etc/modules



On Wed, 25 Jun 1997 09:31:39 BST "G. Kapetanios" (gk205@cus.cam.ac.uk)
 wrote:

> I accidentally  sent a job to the print queue while the lpd daemon was
> running . I have no printer and no printer support in my kernel . Now I
> get  a message from modprobe about the module char-major-6 not being
> found. This fills up my log files. I probably have to stop kerneld and put
> a line in /etc/modules ( I have seen that on the list sometime ).
> Unfortunatyely I dont know the syntax ( something about alias module ) and
> can't find the relevant docs. 

You want "alias char-major-6 off".
But it might be better to remove all the printer definitions in /etc/printcap (or better, to remove the lpr package).
In the meantime you can "lprm" too...

Phil.



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