pete, ok, i've been digging up some info on this. It seems that zip drives on the parallel port require the lp module to be loaded.
# modprobe lp # modprobe imm Possibly you need parallel port printer support compiled in your kernel??? Maybe its puking on that, just a long shot. Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Jay Salzman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 1:30 PM > To: Debian user mailing list > Subject: Re: depmod question > > > On Tue 19 Dec 00, 1:08 PM, Jason Holland said... > > Peter, > > what modultils version are you using?? the 2.4 series > requires at least > > version 2.3.18 or above. check your > > /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/Changes file for other > relevant software > > updates you might need to make. If that is not the problem, > imm.o is the > > driver for an Iomega parallel port scsi adapter. Do you have > one of those > > in your box?? If not, get rid of that in your kernel config > and recompile. > > i originally compiled imm support as a module because you never > know when a > friend will come over with one of these things... > > well, i recompiled the kernel and modules without imm support, > and there are > no complaints from depmod. > > but this kind of sucks! it's precisely the reason why i tend to built > monolithic kernels instead of modular kernels. stuff always seems to go > wrong sooner or later. not serious stuff, but really annoying messages > which are rather unpleasing to watch scroll by... > > pete >
