I'm getting this message when I boot my system. I think device char-major-6 is a printer attached via the parallel port (Is this correct?), which I don't have, mine is attached via USB and works fine. I presume modprobe is looking for a module and not finding it, I've read up on modprobe, et. al. but am none the wiser.
Just as an aside I've recently rebuilt the kernel and decided to have everything built in rather than as modules. The configuration is specific to my system (single user, dial-up networking only) and the kernel is small enough that having bits of the kernel as loadable modules doesn't give me much.
Is this a problem or can I safely ignore it? Being somewhat anally retentive it irks me that it's appearing, can I get rid of the message and how?
Regards,
Keith ____________ TWICE, adv. Once too often. Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary
Keith Watson wrote on Monday, November 18, 2002 4:03 PM
I'm getting this message when I boot my system. I think device char-major-6 is a printer attached via the parallel port (Is this correct?), which I don't have, mine is attached via USB and works fine. I presume modprobe is looking for a module and not finding it, I've read up on modprobe, et. al. but am none the wiser.
Just as an aside I've recently rebuilt the kernel and decided to have everything built in rather than as modules. The configuration is specific to my system (single user, dial-up networking only) and the kernel is small enough that having bits of the kernel as loadable modules doesn't give me much.
Is this a problem or can I safely ignore it? Being somewhat anally retentive it irks me that it's appearing, can I get rid of the message and how?
Here we go.. answering my own posting to the list :o)
Just been searching the SUSE site and found this entry relating to 'can't locate module...' messages;
================================= Symptom: On bootup, you get the message: modprobe: can't locate module char-major-15
Cause: The kernel is failing in its attempt to load support for joysticks.
Solution: Open the file /etc/modules.conf (as root) with the editor of your choice. Search for the following lines (near the end of the file):
alias char-major-6 lp alias char-major-9 st alias char-major-10-135 off alias char-major-19 cyclades alias char-major-20 cyclades
and insert the following line between char-major-10-135 and char-major-19:
alias char-major-15 off
Save and close the file. The next time you boot the message should not appear again. =================================
Presumably I should be able to put 'alias char-major-6 off' somwhere (can't edit /etc/modules.conf directly as my system uses the update-modules system) to get rid of the message.
Regards,
Keith ____________
CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. Ambrose Bierce - The Devil's Dictionary
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Keith Watson