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

[Herb Richter]

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Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 
> I am surprised the lp module got in the way of something though.
> Usually it shares the port quite nicely.  Maybe it is the other user of
> the port that isn't sharing nicely.

The other user is vmware->winXP.  According to vmware, if I remember
correctly, lp does not report its settings (or parameters) correctly so
that vmware cannot share the port.  ...and the usb port connections are
somewhat flaky.

On this particular workstation, we must have the printer available to
both firefox etc and winXP/wordperfect at the same time and it *must* be
point and click.

What seems to be working well so far, is connecting the printer with
both parallel and usb cables*1 and "reserving" the usb port for the
Linux host and the lpt port for the guest o/s winXP.

BTW, I'm quite impressed that KDE's (?) scanner application kooka was
able to recognize and use either port (eventhough the second was added
after the initial installation) without any configuration :-)

Herb Richter...


*1 - never done this before!  ...two concurrent electrical routes to a
single device or appliance: scary!
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