Re: usb printer and vmware

[Dennis Stosberg <lists@stosberg.net>]

Am Dienstag, 3. Mai 2005 10:32 schrieb David Garamond:

> Whenever the printer is turned on and USB cable plugged in, the
> 'printer' kernel module is automatically installed. I had to do
> an 'rmmod printer' first before VMWare could claim/use the USB
> device. And if the printer is turned off and then on again, I
> had to do this again. How do I prevent the kernel module from
> being automatically installed?

Add the module's name to "/etc/hotplug/blacklist".

Regards,
Dennis

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