[I apologize that this isn't exactly on topic for this list, though it is a debian laptop, but other avenues have not yet worked.]
I have an old thinkpad 570 with a busted screen that I use as a server. It's great at this. I've just purchased an HP G85xi that I'd like to attach and print to, but I've had a brutal time getting this to work. The USB connection works, and the device is detected: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev/usb# lsusb | grep Hew Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:0311 Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet G85xi idVendor 0x03f0 Hewlett-Packard iManufacturer 1 Hewlett-Packard I have created the /dev/usb devices as indicated in the docs: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev/usb# ls -l total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 Oct 24 21:22 lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 1 Oct 24 21:25 lp1 And indeed, the USB printer driver is loaded and used: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dev/usb# lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted printer 7360 0 usb-uhci 21028 0 (unused) If I unload the printer driver and reload it, it claims "unused" until I cat a file to /dev/usb/lp0 and then it's used, so that appears to be working. And catting a file to /dev/usb/lp1 yields "No such device" so it appears to be at lp0 as expected. But nothing is logged and the printer doesn't do anything. The printer does work under win2k. Any pointers hugely appreciated! -- Paul Phillips | All mimes were the borrowers, Protagonist | And the moderate Belgrade. Empiricist | -- Jabberwocky, as recognized by the Apple Newton pal, i pill push |----------* http://www.improving.org/paulp/ *----------
