El mar, 26-03-2002 a las 19:17, John Richard Smith escribió: > On Tuesday 26 March 2002 19:21, you wrote: > > John Richard Smith wrote: > > >>--------------------------------------- > > >>usb detection on certain motherboards will not occur during install > > >>because we don't have a full set of drivers (USB2 turned out to be less > > >>comprehensive than advertised), and of course without help from your > > >>BIOS, you have to wait until the kernel modules for the full system are > > >>installed. Once you are running, you should gfind detection of USB > > >>devices as soon as you plug them in. > > >>---------------------------------------- > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>You should gfind detection of USB > > >>devices as soon as you plug them in. > > > > > >Please to advise me. How do I do this. > > >I tried typing gfind in a root shell it did nothing, > > >returned : command not found. > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > Sorry, typo :-) > > > > USB devices should be detected as soon as you plug them in on a running > > 8.2 system. If they are not, then the hardware is outside of everything > > we were able to test. > > > > Civileme > > -- > > Thank you , > > I disconnected the USB printer and booted up, then reconnected it. > Nothing happened, was something supposed too. > > So, just for the hell of it, typed printerdrake in a root shell > and went through connection detection proceedures. > This is what it said:- > > [root@localhost root]# printerdrake > Starting CUPS printing system: [ OK ] > scheduler is running > lp: Device or resource busy > parport_pc: Device or resource busy > rmmod: module parport_probe is not loaded > parport: Device or resource busy > modprobe: Can't locate module parport_probe > rmmod: module parport_probe is not loaded > lp: Device or resource busy > parport_pc: Device or resource busy > rmmod: module parport_probe is not loaded > parport: Device or resource busy > modprobe: Can't locate module parport_probe > rmmod: module parport_probe is not loaded > > Which I took to mean it had failed, but, > > Mandrake Control Center - Info - USB devices, reports: > > USB OHCI Ropot Hub (1) > |___ Lexmark Z53 > > So I ran a testpage and it worked. Cannot make sense of it. > but I'm thankful for a working printer, only wish I new why ? > Any explanations. > > regards, > > John
looks like printerdrake is only looking at parallel ports.. have you tried printerdrake's manual configuration? you can choose USB from there... maybe you did this already, sorry i didn't follow up the thread. HTH Damian
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