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RE: Help: insmod parport (zip Drive fails)



Title: RE: Help: insmod parport (zip Drive fails)

Rob Cartier wrote:
>
> Mike Abney wrote:
> > 
> > > after running insmod ppa I get errors that are puzzling
> >
> > use 'modprobe ppa' instead.
>
> Mike,
> Where is that information located. I would like to get more
> familiar with some of docs that describe some of special
> features.

man insmod
man modprobe

Module HOWTO
ZIP Drive mini-HOWTO

etc.

Basically, the short version is that modprobe searches the dependencies and installs all modules needed to make the one you're "probing" work while insmod just installs that one module. You were missing the module that enabled the parallel port. I'm guessing you either don't have a connected printer or it doesn't work.

> Thanks

No problem. 


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