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Re: NO ANSWER, trying again...annoying console message: lp0: compatibility mode



On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 10:25:37AM -0500, James D. Freels wrote:
> The present kernel (2.4.17) prints an annoying message to the console each
> time my parallel port printer is used:
> 
> lp0: compatibility mode
> 
> I have found where it is printed in drivers/char/lp.c and I suppose I could
> comment it out.
> Isn't there a better way ?

i don't know for sure, but it sounds like klogd may be spitting them
out on your console.  giving klogd a '-c 0' on startup may convince it
to send _nothing_ to the console.

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