Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-22 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 07:48:47AM +0100, Mario Frasca wrote: > mikepolniak wrote: > >Check /dev for lp0. You may have to link your lp0 -> /dev/usb/lp0 > > , but no, the problem is that /dev/usb/lp0 does not exist, not You previously posted: kruiskruid:~# ls -l /dev/usb/lp* crw-rw 1 roo

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-16 Thread Mario Frasca
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 01:30:12 +0100, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Mario Frasca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> so, maybe I could boot the old kernel and see if it works there... >> will definitely try that, any further hints in the meanwhile? > > > Mayb try modprobe usblp? Description: epson st

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-15 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 03:42:05PM -0800, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Mayb try modprobe usblp? I don't reboot my server so often, so I'm not > sure whether it gets loaded automatically or not. Should, though... > Although, since you are using powerpc, I'm not sure what other > differences might exi

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-15 Thread John L Fjellstad
Mario Frasca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > so, maybe I could boot the old kernel and see if it works there... > will definitely try that, any further hints in the meanwhile? Mayb try modprobe usblp? I don't reboot my server so often, so I'm not sure whether it gets loaded automatically or not.

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-14 Thread Mario Frasca
John L Fjellstad wrote: Do you have your lp modules loaded? I have an epson Stylus C84, and the following modules loaded: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/lsmod | grep lp lp 10948 0 parport32584 2 lp,parport_pc usblp 11904 0 usbcore

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-14 Thread John L Fjellstad
Do you have your lp modules loaded? I have an epson Stylus C84, and the following modules loaded: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/lsmod | grep lp lp 10948 0 parport32584 2 lp,parport_pc usblp 11904 0 usbcore 107768 9 ub,usblp,usbse

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-14 Thread Mario Frasca
mikepolniak wrote: On 07:48 Mon 14 Nov , Mario Frasca wrote: Then you can do mkdir /dev/usb and mknod -m 660 /dev/usb/lp0 c 180 0 sorry, I did not express myself correctly: the *device* does not exist, the file is there, together with the other 15: kruiskruid:~# ls -l /dev/usb/lp* crw-

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-14 Thread mikepolniak
On 07:48 Mon 14 Nov , Mario Frasca wrote: > mikepolniak wrote: > >Check /dev for lp0. You may have to link your lp0 -> /dev/usb/lp0 > > , but no, the problem is that /dev/usb/lp0 does not exist, not > /dev/lp0. well, I tried but the behaviour was the same... > > kruiskruid:/dev# ls -l l

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-13 Thread Mario Frasca
mikepolniak wrote: Check /dev for lp0. You may have to link your lp0 -> /dev/usb/lp0 , but no, the problem is that /dev/usb/lp0 does not exist, not /dev/lp0. well, I tried but the behaviour was the same... kruiskruid:/dev# ls -l lp* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2005-11-14 07:36 lp0 -> /

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-13 Thread Mario Frasca
David Goodenough wrote: On Sunday 13 November 2005 20:28, Mario Frasca wrote: well, the problem is that I cannot print any more. cups did work and the only cause I can think of is a dist-upgrade. I had a problem not unlike this. For some reason the permissions on the /dev/usb/lp* devices were

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-13 Thread mikepolniak
On 21:28 Sun 13 Nov , Mario Frasca wrote: > it seems quite stupid, I'm using to linux since 1993 more or less, but > all these modern graphic or automatic fluffs don't help me much... > > well, the problem is that I cannot print any more. cups did work and > the only cause I can think of is

Re: usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-13 Thread David Goodenough
On Sunday 13 November 2005 20:28, Mario Frasca wrote: > it seems quite stupid, I'm using to linux since 1993 more or less, but > all these modern graphic or automatic fluffs don't help me much... > > well, the problem is that I cannot print any more. cups did work and > the only cause I can think

usb printer disappeared (dist-upgrade?)

2005-11-13 Thread Mario Frasca
it seems quite stupid, I'm using to linux since 1993 more or less, but all these modern graphic or automatic fluffs don't help me much... well, the problem is that I cannot print any more. cups did work and the only cause I can think of is a dist-upgrade. my printer is an epson stylus c46, c