[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258919] Re: printing issue with parallel-to-usb adapter

2013-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
boblinux, as per http://global.shuttle.com/products/productsDownload?productId=1718&panelId=1 an update is available for your BIOS (1.04). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what ha

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258919] Re: printing issue with parallel-to-usb adapter

2013-12-17 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream-v3.13-rc3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1258919 Title: printing issue with parallel-to-usb adapter Status in “linux” package i

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258919] Re: printing issue with parallel-to-usb adapter

2013-12-16 Thread boblinux
I meant : cups+libusb is flawed : sorry ! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1258919 Title: printing issue with parallel-to-usb adapter Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258919] Re: printing issue with parallel-to-usb adapter

2013-12-16 Thread boblinux
I just made another test : I stopped the cups service, loaded usblp with modprobe, and ran : cat lines.ps | gs -q -sDEVICE=ppmraw -r600 -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=- - | pnm2ppa --eco -v 720 -i - -o - > /dev/usb/lp0 so : lines.ps contains 56 lines to be printed, which fails with c

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258919] Re: printing issue with parallel-to-usb adapter

2013-12-15 Thread boblinux
I ran a last quick search : I began diving in libusb programming : and this is what i was afraid of : they don't use the usual Unix special files : they address the usb devices on the bus directly, as I found on this example : A short introduction to libusb | Roar of the Jespersaur http://www.jesp

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258919] Re: printing issue with parallel-to-usb adapter

2013-12-15 Thread boblinux
I am sorry I have been unclear : with the old Unix, I was able to run low level tests such as : cat test_file > /dev/lp0 with such a test I would have been able to test the kernel driver only; so would have I been able to do with usblp, which generates such special devices : I could have generate

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258919] Re: printing issue with parallel-to-usb adapter

2013-12-15 Thread boblinux
Sorry I have been busy all week. Before posting to the usb list, do you confirm my first guess that this may be a kernel bug ? I saw that cups does not support usblp anymore. Can we be sure that this is not a cups issue ? I just mentioned the kernel because it seemed one possible thing to do. But

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1258919] Re: printing issue with parallel-to-usb adapter

2013-12-09 Thread Joseph Salisbury
This issue appears to be an upstream bug, since you tested the latest upstream kernel. Would it be possible for you to open an upstream bug report[0]? That will allow the upstream Developers to examine the issue, and may provide a quicker resolution to the bug. Please follow the instructions on th