On Fri, 06 Jul 2001 20:09:28 +0200, Robert Waldner writes: >I had to reconfigure my printer port from IRQ 7 to IRQ 5 (because I´ve >got a soundcard which is hardwired to IRQ 7 <grr>). > >Luckily I had compiled lp as a module, so I thought a simple change from >`modprobe lp irq=7` to "irq=5" should suffice. Nope: > >bash-2.03# insmod lp.o irq=5 >lp.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Today I´m not quite filled with cluons, it seems. The lusers at work must´ve drained ´em all... Of course, when I tell lp.o about the io-port also, everything works just fine. bash-2.03# modprobe lp irq=5 io=0x278 syslog: Jul 6 20:44:31 WatchZwerg kernel: lp0 at 0x0278, (irq = 5) <arghl> Sorry for not quadruple-checking, triple-checking isn´t sufficient anymore :/ cheers, &rw -- -- A lady came up to me on the street and pointed at my leather jacket. -- 'You know a cow was murdered for that jacket?' she sneered. -- I replied in a psychotic tone, 'I didn't know there -- were any witnesses. Now I'll have to kill you too.' ----
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