Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] "parport" Replacement Module

[Bradlee L. <bra...@gm...>]

Well, I found that I could use the hex address "0x378" instead of a
/dev, at least until I can figure out how to load the correct module.

Was there a reason that ppdev module was removed from the new kernel?

Thanks,
Brad

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Bradlee Landis
<bra...@gm...> wrote:
> I'm looking to upgrade to 1.4RC1, and found that "parport" is no
> longer a module in the kernel. I can't seem to get lcd4linux to run,
> because /dev/parport/0 doesn't exist, and the since the previous
> module "parport" is not in the kernel, what do I need to use instead?
>
> Am I supposed to use /etc/modprobe.conf instead of /etc/modules/? It
> looks to be the right file...
>
> I'm having to do this, because one of our new servers ethernet modules
> needs the "e1000e" module, as the previous just needed "e1000". If
> there was a way to get the e1000e module into 1.2.15 without having to
> remake the ISO, that would be easier even though I'd prefer to move to
> 1.4.
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Brad Landis
>