Re: Finding and installing lp.o from 2.2.15

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 02:28:39AM -0600, Gordon Pedersen wrote:
> (Please reply to gordon@visi.com in addition to debian-users.
> Thanks.)
> 
> 6 months ago I installed 2.2.15 potato and at the time did not
> install the lp.o line printer module--big mistake, as it turns out.
> (I was using a networked printer, had no local printer.)
> 
> Now I need to install the lp.o module and cannot find it.  All I
> could find on debian site was one from 2.2.18pre21.  That doesn't
> load with modprobe--complains like this:
> 
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-idepci/misc/lp.o: kernel-module version mismatch
>         /lib/modules/2.2.15-idepci/misc/lp.o was compiled for kernel
> version 2.2.18pre21
>         while this kernel is version 2.2.15-idepci.
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-idepci/misc/lp.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-idepci/misc/lp.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.2.15-idepci/misc/lp.o: insmod lp failed
> 
> I've looked all over debian.org and can't find the actual file that
> I need in the version that I need.  I also could find no helpful
> instructions for someone in the pickle I'm in.  I hope you can help.

For a PC you also want to load parport_pc.o first, with the correct
parameters for your parallel port (like: io=0x378 irq=7 dma=5).  insmod
lp.o will fail without parport_pc.o like you are seeing.  If that works,
then put the parameters in /etc/modutils/aliases and run update-modules.
Then modprobe lp should work.

-- 
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>