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Re: Problems with /etc/modprobe.conf



Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> writes:

> On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:55:47 -0500 (EST), Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>> 
>> Installing the driver for my new printer Samsung ML-1915 (the official
>> Samsung driver) created the file /etc/modprobe.conf, containing the
>> following stuff:
>> 
>>  options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 dma=3
>> 
>> Since then, at every boot the following warning message appears:
>> 
>>  /etc/modprobe.conf exists but does not include /etc/modprobe.d!
>> 
>> Besides, in the virtual consoles the characters have got smaller, and a few
>> more strange things happen.  So I want to get rid of that file.  But if I
>> remove it, or even only append to it the line:
>> 
>>  include /etc/modprobe.d/
>> 
>> , the error message disappear but the printer does not work.  It may have
>> something to do with the load of /dev/mfp4, the printer port.
>> 
>
> [...] First, eliminate the "include"
> record that you added to /etc/modprobe.conf.  Then issue the following
> commands:
>
> # mv /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modprobe.d/parport.conf
> # update-initramfs -uk `uname -r`
> # shutdown -r now


Unfortunately, it doesn't work.


> This is one reason why I do my best to only install Debianized packages
> (i.e. packages that have been customized specifically for the Debian
> environment, even if they are not official, as opposed to generic
> install scripts from vendors that supposedly work with all distributions).


Yes, I agree.  After installing the Samsung official driver, I found this:

 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=341621

, where Debianized packages are reported.  If I can't solve the problem with
/etc/modprobe.conf, I'll try it.  Only, there doesn't seem to be support for
ink level checking, which is important, I think.

Rodolfo


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