Hi,
The only time I could print using the USB port of my printer was during
the installation,
since then trying to use the USB port has locked my system hard more
than once :(
(printing from the // port works fine)
I have added "cups", "usb" and "usbd" to /etc/security/msec/server.4 and
/etc/security/msec/server.5
My cups packages:
cups-1.1.7-1.1mdk
cups-common-1.1.7-1.1mdk
libcups1-1.1.7-1.1mdk
libcups1-devel-1.1.7-1.1mdk
I had a look at:
http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php?sid=944&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
but if I try to use printerdrake, first if I create a new printer it
does not ask
on which port I want it (it should at least detect both // and USB), it
seems
to default to USB (that's how ep870_3 was created, see lpstat below) and
when I want
to test it, the machine locks up after 2/3 seconds of printing...
#service usbd status (before printer switched on)
usbd dead but pid file exists
So I restart it...
#service cups restart
#service usbd status (before printer switched on, after restart)
usbd (pid 11139) is running...
>>>>> printer being switched on
/var/log/messages
Jun 19 10:33:26 wallaby kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on
bus1/2/3, assigned device number 6
Jun 19 10:33:26 wallaby kernel: printer.c: usblp0: device node
registration failed
Jun 19 10:33:26 wallaby kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional
printer dev 6 if 0 alt 0
$lpstat -t (printer is switched on)
scheduler is running
system default destination: ep870_1
device for ep870_1: parallel:/dev/lp0
device for ep870_2: parallel:/dev/lp0
device for ep870_3: usb:/dev/usb/lp0
ep870_1 accepting requests
ep870_2 accepting requests
ep870_3 accepting requests
printer ep870_1 is idle.
printer ep870_2 is idle.
printer ep870_3 disabled -
Unable to open USB port device file: No such device
ep870_3-4 root 242688 Sun Jun 17
12:09:49 2001
...
>>>>> printer being switched off
Jun 19 10:36:13 wallaby kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 6
Jun 19 10:36:13 wallaby kernel: usb.c: deregistering driver usblp
#service usbd status (after printer switched off)
usbd dead but pid file exists
note: I have got an external USB drive using "usb-storage" and a USB Web
cam
that work just fine, so the pbm seems to be USB printer specific.
Any help appreciated.
Cheers,
Fred
