Re: Problems with /etc/modprobe.conf
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.
Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> writes:
>>> [...] 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
On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:38:28 -0500 (EST), Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>> [...] the warning message disappears but the printer
>> doesn't work. With /etc/modprobe.conf, the printer works normally.
Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> writes:
> So the warning message disappears. Good. But what about the virtual console
> characters? Are the characters still smaller than they were before? What
> about the other "strange things"? Are they still strange? In other words,
> is the failure of the printer to work the only symptom of moving
> /etc/modprobe.conf to the /etc/modprobe.d directory and naming it
> parport.conf? Does everything else in your system behave the way it did
> before you installed the printer driver? Or is something else different?
After moving /etc/modprobe.conf to the /etc/modprobe.d directory and naming it
parport.conf and rebooting, apparently everything else in my system behaves the
way it did before I installed the printer driver. The only problem is that the
printer doesn't work. If I want it to work, I have to leave /etc/modprobe.conf
there where Samsung put it.
Thanks
Rodolfo
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