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

[Stuart Sears]

On Monday 23 August 2004 22:34, 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
so at this point what does 
service cups status
give you?
and does pointing a browser at
http://localhost:631
work?
>
> What is char-module-188?  Is it a kernel module I need to load?
grep '188 char' /usr/src/linux-2.4/Documentation/devices.txt
(well actually, 2.6.something in my case, but the file is the same)
188 char        USB serial converters
                  0 = /dev/ttyUSB0      First USB serial converter
                  1 = /dev/ttyUSB1      Second USB serial converter

do the device files exist?

if cups has actually started, then this is a fairly harmless error message.

Stuart Sears
RHCE, RHCX
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