Missing lp / lp0 device ??? (Slackware 10.0)

Cesar Ocasio · 07-17-2004, 04:53 AM

I was installing the printer through the "Add Printer Wizard" in Printer Manager. But when I selected "parallel" for local printer and clicked Next, I got this error in a window: Empty URL

I checked my loaded modules and saw that lp wasn't loaded. I thought Slackware loaded this by default.

Then I tried to enable the module, but I got this:

Code:

root@cesar:/dev# insmod lp
Using /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz: unresolved symbol parport_read
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz: unresolved symbol parport_set_timeout
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz: unresolved symbol parport_unregister_device
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz: unresolved symbol parport_write
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz: unresolved symbol parport_unregister_driver
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz: unresolved symbol parport_claim_or_block
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz: unresolved symbol parport_register_driver
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz: unresolved symbol parport_negotiate
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz: unresolved symbol parport_register_device
/lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/char/lp.o.gz: unresolved symbol parport_release
root@cesar:/dev#

What the heck???

*insert smilies*

fskmh · 07-17-2004, 05:52 AM

In /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, parport and lp stuff is commented out by default. IIRC this was also the case in 9.1.
BTW, lp is dependant on parport, which is kinda what the error message is hinting at

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Cesar Ocasio · 07-17-2004, 09:22 AM

Thanks! That solved my problem. I don't recall doing those additional steps since I had the printer working in Slackware 9.1.

Now the only problem I'm having in Linux is that the printer prints ink a bit off the page (My Xerox printer has been doing on every Linux distro I've experienced. Oh well).