LCDd (LCDproc) won't start at boot

How to start LCDd during boot ?
Starting LCDd using yast runlevel editor returns -1, log : hd44780: timing_init() failed (Operation not permitted) Driver [hd44780] init failed, return code < 0 Could not load driver hd44780

Script runs OK if started in command line by root.

openSUSE 12.2
LCDproc 0.5.4 form repo 11.4 and factory
LCD connected by parallel port

I can only point you at this Fedora bug report

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712782

I wonder if you’d have better luck with building a more recent version

LCDproc User’s Guide