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

[Herb Richter]

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Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 12:39:06PM -0500, Herb Richter wrote:
>>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")
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> 
> Something like:
> 
> -----
> /etc/modprobe.d/disablelp:
> alias lp off
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> 
> That might do it.

Yes, this works well, and has been quite stable over these last few days.

...a very elegant solution.

Herb Richter...
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