Did you build your own kernel? It sounds like your kernel doesn't have USB Printer support.
There is a USB interface class for Printers and is identified (IIRC) as Class 7. So an interface class 7 USB device is a printer (or a multifunction device); http://www.usb.org/developers/data/devclass/usbprint109.PDF On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Haines Brown wrote: > > > X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: gowdy owned process > > doing -bs Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:48:12 -0700 (PDT) From: "Stephen > > J. Gowdy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-X-Sender: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > What is in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.usbmap for printer and > > what is the /proc/bus/usb/devices? hotplug should load teh "printer" > > driver automatically if you printer is of class 7 (printer). > > Steven, > > Not sure I understand your first question. The modules.usbmap file > consists of a very long list, and no "printer" appears in it. Does > this imply a usb module is not loaded that should be? > > The answer to your second question is, nothing at all. The /devices > directory is empty. > > Not sure what a "class 7" printer is, or how I'd know. > > As for hotplug, > > # hotplug help > AgentName values on this system: ieee1394 net pci usb > > I have a /etc/hotplug/usb.agent script and a /sbin/hotplug script. But > when I run the latter with the arguemnt, status or usb, nothing is > returned (I don't know anything about hotplug). > > Haines > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
