Can't detect usb devices??

CM019 · 06-07-2005, 05:30 PM

I've installed the stable Debian sarge. And i got to admit i'm amazed by it. Anyways, I'm trying to detect two of my usb devices: samsung ML-1710 printer and HPScanjet5300c scanner. But hotplug hangs at usb and there is no entry at
/proc/bus/usb.

hotplug output:

$ /etc/init.d/hotplug start
Starting hotplug subsystem:
pci
amd64-agp: already loaded
pciehp: already loaded
shpchp: already loaded
r8169: already loaded
sata_promise: already loaded
ohci1394: already loaded
sata_via: already loaded
via82cxxx: already loaded
uhci-hcd: already loaded
uhci-hcd: already loaded
uhci-hcd: already loaded
uhci-hcd: already loaded
ehci-hcd: already loaded
via82cxxx_audio: already loaded
snd-via82xx: already loaded
ignoring pci display device 01:00.0
pci [success]
usb

Then i ran discover start but also hangs.

I'm using kernel 2.6.8-2-386. Can anyone suggest what to be done? Thanks.

craigevil · 06-07-2005, 06:07 PM

Try running CUPS to setup your printers.

Common UNIX Printing System
http://www.cups.org/

CM019 · 06-07-2005, 06:12 PM

I tried that using usb port but can't print. Thanks for your reply though.

craigevil · 06-07-2005, 08:18 PM

For the HP you can install the HP drivers. Either from here HP Linux Inkjet Driver Project or by looking through Synaptic.

Have you tried looking here LinuxPrinting.org?

CM019 · 06-07-2005, 09:40 PM

I was trying to do exactly this webpage told me to do:

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/...-Printing.html

But i donno what device to use in place of parallel:/dev/lp0

Any ideas?

CM019 · 06-09-2005, 01:43 PM

I fixed the problem. I downgraded from kernel 2.6 to 2.4 now everything's fine.