On 2004-02-03, Graham Seaman penned: > Hi, > > I have a little old Pentium 2 machine I decided to set up as a print > server. No usb, so I bought a Belkin pci usb card. Running on stable, > but upgraded to 2.4.24 with usbcore, OHCI, and usb printer modules. > Now I'm trying to use it with a Brother HL-5040 laser printer, but it > just won't see it. /dev/usb/lp0 is there, but /proc/bus/usb/devices > is empty (should it be?); I've installed the Brother driver and my > printcap shows: > > lp|HL5040:\ :mx=0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HL5040:\ :sh:\ > :lp=/dev/usb/lp0:\ :if=/usr/local/Brother/lpd/filterHL5040: > > but when I try to print all I get is > > waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?) > > I guess this means it's a usb problem but don't know how to go about > diagnosing it. ( I know the printer will also work with parallel, but > my parallel port is physically broken...) > > Any suggestions for the next step? >
I don't think this is part of your problem, but I believe that you also need EHCI in your kernel if you want USB 2.0 speeds. Assuming your card is 2.0, of course. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
