Re: [PLUG] Annoying Console Message(s)

[Naresh Reddy <nyg102@psu.edu>]

I am not trying to print anything. I don't even have a printer :-).
But I do have lpd running. I guess I will purge lpd. I don't think these
two messages are related.

Thanks
Naresh



On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, christophe [iso-8859-15] barbé wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 09:34:41AM -0500, Naresh Reddy wrote:
> > When I am working on the console, I am getting annoying messages from the
> > kernel. The messages are:
> >
> > "modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-6"
>
> In '/usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt' you can see:
>   6 char Parallel printer devices
> ie. you are trying to load the parallel port driver.
>
> Are you trying to print something ?
> Perhaps your printer queue is not empty and lpd (is it running ?) try to
> print the remaining files.
>
> >
> > And sometimes I get :
> >
> > "peer validation request: pg user=postgres, peer user = postgres, auth_arg
> > = sameuser"
>
> These I don't know. Are these two messages related (printed together in
> your log) ?
>
>
> > How can I stop getting these messages? And what exactly do they mean?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Naresh
> > (GO EAGLES!!!)
>
> Christophe
>
> >
> >
> >
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