<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Zip Drive Mini-HOWTO: Troubleshooting Install</TITLE> <LINK HREF="ZIP-Drive-6.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="ZIP-Drive.html#toc5" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-6.html">Next</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive.html#toc5">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s5">5. Troubleshooting Install</A></H2> <P>If you get errors while giving <CODE>insmod ppa</CODE> as given below: <HR> <PRE> 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 </PRE> <HR> <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 <P> <HR> <PRE> bash# insmod ppa bash# insmod lp </PRE> <HR> You should not get any errors. <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-6.html">Next</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive-4.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="ZIP-Drive.html#toc5">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>