USB Printer & Scanner, need help
 

I have a USB Printer & Scanner, the software installed just fine yet nothing works, I have no clue why.

I'm running Slackware 8.1

I'm thinking maybe I need to enable USB, anyone know how this is done?

If anybody has any other suggestions, please let me know...:scratch:

Look in your /etc/rc.d/rc.modules file. There should be a couple lines about usb printers that you can uncomment to get it running. This is all I know so far. I will help more if I figure more out.

What exactly do you mean uncomment, and how can I do that ?

Sorry, figured by your number of posts you might have understood that.

Type this at the prompt to figure out which modules you can load:

/sbin/modprobe usb-uhci
if this doesn't work then try
/sbin/modprobe usb-ohci
or try
/sbin/modprobe uhci
Note which one worked.

Then type /sbin/modprobe printer
If this bring back an error, you are beyond what I can help you with.
If it doesn't error then note which one worked.

Now uncomment the corresponding lines in rc.modules for the ones that worked. To uncomment a line just remove the # from the beginning. A # tells linux not to run a line.

Use pico or nano to open the file. pico /etc/rc.d/rc.modules

Hope this helps.

I'll give it a shot, thanks...

Have a look at the linux USB-Guide for instructions on usb setup, the linux-printing device database for your printer and the usb-scanner supported devices list and sane for your scanner.