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?
To get more information about what's going wrong, you should build a kernel with CONFIG_USB_DEBUG set and then see what shows up in the dmesg log when you plug in (or turn on) the printer. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
