On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:54:52 -0800 (PST), Scott Bronson wrote:

>Wait, it used to work under Linux, then one day, for some unknown reason,
>it didn't?

Well, I changed the computer and made a quick test, and it worked. But
sometimes it works, sometimes not, so the quick test was too quick...

>Did you upgrade your kernel?  In the 2.4 series, kernel upgrades appear
>to break as many drivers as they fix.  All my hardware worked under 2.4.7.
>Now, with 2.4.16, the joystick is broken and the USB hub is flaky.

Yes, from 2.4.4 to 2.4.16.

I tried to change the IRQ settings in the computer's bios, and now it
works - with a lot of timeouts (better than before, when the printer
couldn't print at all). Perhaps it is a IRQ problem?

>
>If nothing else, try downgrading.  2.4.7 is my favorite.
>
>
>> I have a problem with my epson stylus photo usb printer (which used to
>> work until some days ago): it prints a few lines and then it stops.
>> 
>> This is what the kernel  (2.4.16) says when I turn on the printer:
>> 
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: uhci.c: root-hub INT complete: port1:
>> 93 port2:
>> 80 data: 2
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: hub.c: port 1 connection change
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: hub.c: port 1, portstatus 101, change
>> 1, 12 Mb/s
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: hub.c: port 1, portstatus 103, change
>> 0, 12 Mb/s
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on
>> bus1/1, assigne
>> d device number 4
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: usb.c: kmalloc IF c057fd20, numif 1 Dec
>> 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: usb.c: new device strings: Mfr=1,
>> Product=2, Ser
>> ialNumber=0
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: usb.c: USB device number 4 default
>> language ID 0
>> x409
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: Manufacturer: EPSON
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: Product: USB Printer
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional
>> printer dev
>>  4 if 0 alt 0
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: usb.c: usblp driver claimed interface
>> c057fd20
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: usb.c: kusbd: /sbin/hotplug add 4
>> Dec 16 16:23:53 voyager kernel: usb.c: kusbd policy returned 0xfffffffe
>> (END)
>> 
>> After a few lines, the printer hangs and nothing happens. Sometimes I
>> receive the following message:
>> Dec 16 16:05:09 voyager kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout
>> Dec 16 16:05:09 voyager kernel: printer.c: usblp0: error -110 reading
>> printer st
>> atus
>> 
>>sometimes nothing is written in the syslog. Could this be a hardware
>>problem with the printer?
>> 
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