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

[Dominic R. <dl...@ed...>]

Perhaps you already saw these comments in the 1.4RC2 changelog:

1.4RC2:
- removed lcd4linux from default profile, since it isn't maintained anymore and not functional/compiling
1.3.4:
- lcd4linux init script doesn't try to load the ppdev module anymore

I guess no one (apart from you) is using lcd4linux under DL?

Looks like there was a problem with ppdev under some earlier 2.6 kernels 
(http://www.mail-archive.com/lin...@vg.../msg177843.html), 
perhaps this is why it was removed? At least one person got it working 
with a more recent kernel (2.6.29.1, but using another distro - boo!): 
see http://tinycorelinux.com/forum/index.php?topic=3491.0

parport should be there though (modprobe -l -n *par*)

Dominic


Bradlee Landis wrote:
> 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
>>
>>     
>
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