modules, kmod, printing, and tape backup
I recently upgraded from kernel 2.0.35 to 2.2.10 and am having difficulty
getting modules loaded on the fly by kmod. I have easily got sound to work
by creating the following file:
-----telmer:/etc/modutils/sound
alias char-major-14 sb
post-install sb /sbin/modprobe "-k" "adlib_card"
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
options adlib_card io=0x388
options sound dmabuf=1
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However, I have not had any such luck getting my printer and tape drive to
work (which both ran flawlessly under 2.0.35 using modules and kerneld).
For my printer I have
-----telmer:/etc/modutils/printing
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
options lp parport=0
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but lsmod always reports
root@telmer:/etc/modutils# lsmod
Module Size Used by
parport_probe 2980 0 (autoclean)
parport_pc 5624 1 (autoclean)
lp 4480 0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport 6852 1 (autoclean) [parport_probe parport_pc lp]
ide-cd 22484 1 (autoclean)
cdrom 13240 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
vfat 11196 1 (autoclean)
fat 25120 1 (autoclean) [vfat]
and lpq reports
root@telmer:/etc/modutils# lpq
waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1st root 4 printing 55 bytes
Can anyone point me to where I am going wrong?
As for my tape drive that runs using tob and afio, running tob loads ftape
but not zftape:
root@telmer:/etc/modutils# lsmod
Module Size Used by
ftape 90688 0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport_probe 2980 0 (autoclean)
parport_pc 5624 1 (autoclean)
lp 4480 0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport 6852 1 (autoclean) [parport_probe parport_pc lp]
ide-cd 22484 1 (autoclean)
cdrom 13240 0 (autoclean) [ide-cd]
vfat 11196 1 (autoclean)
fat 25120 1 (autoclean) [vfat]
Does anyone know how to tell kmod to preload zftape before ftape (if that
is the problem - if not what is?)?
Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Cheers, Colin.
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Colin Telmer, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
<mailto:telmerco@telmer.com>
<http://www.telmer.com>
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