The cable is fine, because the printer works perfectly with another computer (a Mac running OS X) using the same USB cable.
Sorry for not mentioning that in my previous post. Thanks again, Wafa. Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: > Did you try a different cable? > > On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Wafa Hakim Orman wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm new to this list, & here because I just bought a brand-new HP >> Deskjet 5440 after checking & making sure that it is indeed >> Linux-compatible. However, I seem to have an insane amount of trouble >> making it work. Basically the USB device (I just want to set it up as a >> local printer) is not detected. >> >> The option to select a local printer in the Add Printer wizard is greyed >> out. If I manually put in a port, like usb:/dev/bus/usb/lp it lets me >> add a printer, but does nothing when I try & print a test page. >> >> I got the following output from dmesg: >> hub 1-0:1.0: Cannot enable port 1. Maybe the USB cable is bad? >> >> And the following from tail /var/log/messages: >> >> Aug 1 17:31:13 localhost kernel: [17180325.788000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached >> scsi removable disk sda >> Aug 1 17:31:13 localhost kernel: [17180325.832000] sd 0:0:0:0: Attached >> scsi generic sg0 type 0 >> Aug 1 17:31:43 localhost kernel: [17180355.748000] usb 3-3: USB >> disconnect, address 9 >> Aug 1 17:45:37 localhost -- MARK -- >> >> /proc/bus/usb/devices also shows no sign of the printer. Here is the >> file while the printer is plugged in: >> T: Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 6 >> B: Alloc= 0/800 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 >> D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 >> P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 >> S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.15-26-386 ehci_hcd >> S: Product=EHCI Host Controller >> S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.7 >> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA >> I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub >> E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=256ms >> >> T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 >> B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 >> D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 >> P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 >> S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.15-26-386 uhci_hcd >> S: Product=UHCI Host Controller >> S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.1 >> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA >> I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub >> E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms >> >> T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2 >> B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0 >> D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 >> P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06 >> S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.15-26-386 uhci_hcd >> S: Product=UHCI Host Controller >> S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.0 >> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA >> I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub >> E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms >> >> >> So my USB ports are working, & hotplug is working (I checked with my >> flash drive). I checked the list of hotplug-supported devices, though, >> on www.linux-usb.org, & this particular printer is not there. >> >> My kernel is 2.6.15-26-386, & I am using Kubuntu Dapper (6.06). >> >> So how do I manually get this printer to work? Any ideas or suggestions? >> >> Thanks a ton, >> Wafa. >> > > -- > /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ > |Stephen J. Gowdy, SLAC | CERN Office: 32-2-A22| > |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | CH-1211 Geneva 23 | > |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Switzerland | > |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +41 22 767 5840 | > \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ -- "One of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." --Douglas Adams, "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
