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<H2><A NAME="s5">5. Troubleshooting Install</A></H2>
<P>If you get errors while giving <CODE>insmod ppa</CODE> as given below:
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root# insmod ppa
Using /lib/modules/version/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o
/lib/modules/version/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol parport_register_device_Rf274b881/lib/modules/version/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol parport_unregister_device_Rb0814cd3
/lib/modules/version/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol parport_release_Rf8ec22de
/lib/modules/version/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol parport_claim_R4c7222c6
/lib/modules/version/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol parport_enumerate_Rbc847709
/lib/modules/version/kernel/drivers/scsi/ppa.o: Note: modules without a GPL compatible license cannot use GPLONLY_ symbols
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<P>The problem is that you did not add a printer to your system in 'Printer Configuration'.
Before you do 'insmod ppa' you MUST add a printer. Click on
KDE-Start-Button->System->Printer-Config and add a printer by name
'sometestprinter' using /dev/lp0 (or lp1, lp2 check the output from dmesg | more).
Now, test the printer which you added by giving:
<I><CODE>/etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd restart </CODE></I>. If the lpd daemon starts then the printer is
configured properly. Now try
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bash# insmod ppa
bash# insmod lp
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You should not get any errors.
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