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Old 04-27-2003, 09:50 PM   #1
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Question USB Printer not found - Mandrake 9.1, HP DeskJet 960c


I installed Mandrake Linux 9.1 a few days ago. It did not detect my USB-connected HP DeskJet 960c. It said there were no local printers. I tried to install it using CUPS localhost:631, which allowed me to install it on usb:/dev/usblp0. There is no such device in /dev. There are no devices in directory /dev/usb. usbview shows 4 usb interfaces but no devices. The printer was connected and powered on when I installed Mandrake, and was connected and powered on when I last booted. Any specific pointers would be greatly appreciated... the install is of no use without the ability to print!

Or, can anyone recommend a distro that works with a USB printer? Hopefully HP DeskJet.

Thanks in advance,
- TSloth
 
Old 04-27-2003, 10:10 PM   #2
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Check to see if all the modules are loaded, do 'lsmod' (as root) and look for a printer entry, if it's not there load it with 'modprobe printer' and then do 'dmesg | grep printer', look for something like this'
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root@aptiva:~# dmesg | grep printer
printer.c: usblp0: USB Unidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x0304
Thats for my HP Deskjet 810c.
 
Old 04-28-2003, 10:40 AM   #3
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Aussie,
Thanks for the quick reply.
The modules appear to be loaded (but unused?)
Here are some lines from lsmod:

usb-storage 72952 0 (unused)
scsi_mod 103284 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi usb-storage]
printer 8448 0
ehci-hcd 18568 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 24652 0 (unused)
usbcore 72992 1 [usb-storage printer ehci-hcd usb-uhci]

dmesg shows lots of usb-related lines, but none indicate finding a device out there. I do have this line:
printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device Class driver

CUPS thinks my printer is at usb:/dev/usblp0. There was no such device, so I created /dev/usb/lp0 to look like this:
crw-rw---- 1 lp sys 180, 0 Apr 28 10:02 lp0
and created a symbolic link called /dev/usblp0 to point to this device.

This hasn't helped. Am I on the right track?

- TSloth
 
Old 04-28-2003, 05:55 PM   #4
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Double ckeck your cables and post the output of "lspci -vv".
 
Old 04-28-2003, 09:58 PM   #5
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Aussie,
Did you mean lspci -v ?

[root@localhost cups]# lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8375 [KM266] Host Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8375 [KM266] Host Bridge
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 8
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: ec000000-edffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-e7ffffff
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp: Unknown device 00b2
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
Memory at ef000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]

00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
I/O ports at d400 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
I/O ports at d800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
Memory at ef001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 Bus Master ATA133/100/66/33 IDE
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
I/O ports at e000 [size=16]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 4710
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
I/O ports at e400 [size=256]
Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. [ProSavageDDR K4M266] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: S3 Inc. [ProSavageDDR K4M266]
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [80] AGP version 2.0
 
Old 04-28-2003, 10:15 PM   #6
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The problem may be a conflict between the usb1 and usb2 controllers (ohci and ehci), try it with each one on it's own and see if that helps.
 
Old 04-30-2003, 10:56 PM   #7
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I am away from my linux system for several days and will check into this more when I get back.
Thanks for all your help.

- TSloth
 
  


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