Pete Zaitcev:
> On Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:13:16 +0100, Jan Rychter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > BTW, if you google for "usblp0: failed reading printer status", you'll
> > see that a number of people have this problem. Most probably don't know
> > how and where to report it and just make do by power-cycling the printer.
> 
> This a very clear example of dangers of googling for error messages.
> Same thing happens when they search for "ep0in: timeout". I can virtually
> guarantee that Helge's problem has nothing to do with yours.
> 
> Timeouts when getting status are just that: timeouts. Firstly, there may
> be many reasons why this happens - all resulting in the same message.
> Secondly, they are somewhat normal and expected when working with 1020.
> It does not take too much for that thing to get boggled down and bust
> a few deadlines.

Well, Windows manages to print to it. Mac probably does too. I don't
care if it takes minutes to recover, I just want it to recover
eventually and print my stuff.

> In your case, the real problem is the -71. That is actually serious,
> mening that the printer is completely dead, not answering the low level
> requests (tokens). If you could catch a usbmon trace for the moment
> where the printer dies, it may be helpful. But you have to find it
> all by yourself. Try to engage the 1020 project.

I've tried, but I can't get usbmon to work. After finding the tricky
debugfs switch, the usbmon.ko module does not get built, even though it
is enabled in configuration.

I guess I need to print from Windows. Or get a Mac...

--J.



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