On Monday 29 October 2007 11:43:18 am Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > Rajko M. wrote: > > On Sunday 28 October 2007 12:51:54 pm Dennis J. Tuchler wrote: > >> The plea for help is a sort of double dip on this forum. I also posted > >> a request for help with a driver for the Canon Pixma MP830. After > >> sending that note, I tried to fix the problem myself by changing the > >> parallel port connection provided in the SUSE-supplied driver with a USB > >> port designation. > > > > In short you connected printer using USB instead of parallel port cable. > > The Canon PIXMA MP 830 connects to the computer by a USB port. > > >> It wouldn 't accept it, saying that the port wasn't > >> properly configured! > > > > I would need more details on this, like this: > > Printer connected to computer and turned on. > > Started YaST > Hardware > Printer > > Do you see printer in YaST list, or there is no nothing? > > What message below list tells? > > I downloaded a new driver from Gutenprint and then turned on Yast2 and > went to Hardware>Printer. The printer was not spotted but I clicked > "Edit" and found its driver in the collection of drivers. I loaded the > driver. This time, there was no port designated, but I was told that > the wrong spooler was chosen. SO, I guess the spooler picks the port. > What now? (I hope this is all solved in 10.3 which I might be getting > in a couple of months, depending on the status of my 10/3 order with SuSE) > ... > > For instance it would be > > helpful to turn printer on and run: > > dmesg | tail -n10 > > I ran dmesg | tail -n10 and got: > > usb 1-6.4: SerialNumber: 188C80 > usb 1-6.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > usb-storage: device found at 6 > usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning > Vendor: Canon Model: MP830Storage Rev: 0114 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda > sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 > usb-storage: device scan complete
OK. Computer is communicating with device but wrong driver jumps in. Printer is recognized as USB storage device. > > to see what kernel is doing. Is registered any activity on USB port. > > Then command: > > hwinfo --printer > > I ran hwinfo --printer (as root) and saw: > > 21: USB 00.1: 10900 Printer > [Created at usb.122] > UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4a9_1713_188C80_if1 > Unique ID: vnL8.pR2kLXpvOP1 > Parent ID: MtLc.sdOrso15kK4 > SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6.4/1-6.4:1.1 > SysFS BusID: 1-6.4:1.1 > Hardware Class: printer > Model: "Canon MP830" > Hotplug: USB > Vendor: usb 0x04a9 "Canon" > Device: usb 0x1713 "MP830" > Revision: "1.14" > Serial ID: "188C80" > Speed: 480 Mbps > Module Alias: "usb:v04A9p1713d0114dc00dsc00dp00ic07isc01ip02" > Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown > Attached to: #14 (Hub) > > Thanks again for your help. Hmm... I don't see any line starting with Driver. Probably because it is not configured. YaST Printer has problem to access printer because device is already in use as storage, but 'hwinfo --printer' can see device. I guess that we need someone that can clarify this. I expanded the subject line, to attract attention of openSUSE printer specialists. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
