Frederic Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2) Printer Configuration (Epson Stylus Photo 870, USB) > I tried to print a test page bit got nothing at all > The following command was issued (Ctrl-Alt-F3) > > * running: /usr/bin/foomatic-printjob -s cups -P ep870_cooker_ > /usr/share/printer-testpages/testprint.ps with root /mnt > > After that (although nothing was printed) the installer GUI started to > be very unresponsive... Also my connected USB hard drive had the red > light on (like it was accessed) and this did not stop even when I was > rebooting... I had to switch the USB HD off and back on again. > > Could it be there is a bad interaction between the USB HD and the USB > printer or something?
do you use an usb hub by any chance? seems there are some kernel problems with them when it goes to usb-keyboards, that may be related. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
