Details
Upon booting hosts with ESX Server 3.5 and later versions, error messages similar to the following are seen in /var/log/messages.l:
Aug 3 20:05:21 myserv-222 kernel: ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
Aug 3 20:05:21 myserv-222 insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-57.ELvmnix/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o: init_module: No such device
Aug 3 20:05:21 myserv-222 insmod: Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters. You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
Aug 3 20:05:21 myserv-222 insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.21-57.ELvmnix/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.o: insmod parport_lowlevel failed
Aug 3 20:05:21 osdc-esxst222 kernel: lp: driver loaded but no devices found