(k)ubuntu: howto prevent lp module from loading at boot?

[Herb Richter]

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I need to prevent the lp module from automatically loading at boot up on
a kubuntu *1 workstation (so that a vmware *2 guest os can access "lpt1")

I've tried editing the /etc/modules (I assume that the new modules.conf
or conf.modules) and/or /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

dmesg shows a lot of lines like:
[ 3742.434891] parport0: no more devices allowed
[ 3742.435316] ppdev0: failed to register device!
[ 3742.666942] parport0: no more devices allowed
[ 3742.666947] ppdev0: failed to register device!
[ 3742.666980] ppdev0: claim the port first
[ 3805.511264] parport0: no more devices allowed

I suspect that some other module or daemon such as cupsys or "HP Linux
Imaging and Printing" hplip is (re)loading lp.

To manually "rmmod lp" works but this is not an option for the
particular user.

Should I be looking at adding this to one of the init scripts (if so
which one? )  ...I would rather not be adding a "sudo" to a user vmware
launcher like /usr/bin/vmware.

TIA,

Herb Richter


*1 kubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386
*2 VMware-workstation-5.5.1-19175
.. 2.6.15-27-386
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