Starting CUPS error:- Can't locate module char-major-188

[Gerry Doris]

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, James Harrison wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> Im trying to enable the cups web browser pages, but when I start the init.d
> script I get this error message:
> 
> [root at tux cups]# tail -f /var/log/messages&
> [root at tux cups]# service cups start
> [root at tux cups]# Aug 23 14:22:08 tux modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module
> char-major-188
> Aug 23 14:22:08 tux last message repeated 15 times
> Aug 23 14:22:08 tux cupsd: cupsd: Child exited with status 98!
> Aug 23 14:22:08 tux cups: cupsd startup succeeded
> 
> What is char-module-188?  Is it a kernel module I need to load?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> James Harrison

I can't remember why but I put

alias char-major-188 off

in my /etc/modules.conf

-- 
Gerry

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