On Saturday 26 May 2007 11:48, Adam Benner wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I hope this hasn't been answered elsewhere, I did not
> find it in my search of the archives. I recently
> purchased a usb to db25 female parallel printer cable
> so I could attach my HP LaserJet 6P to my new
> motherboard that has no parallel port. The problem
> occurs when I try to use the printer. Hopefully all
> relevant information:
>
> SuSE 10.1
>
> uname -a: Linux phantasm 2.6.16.27-0.9-smp #1 SMP Tue
> Feb 13 09:35:18 UTC 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
>
> dmesg output: ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: wakeup
> usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and
> address 5
> usb 1-3: new device found, idVendor=4348,
> idProduct=5584
> usb 1-3: new device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0,
> SerialNumber=0
> usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional
> printer dev 5 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x4348 pid 0x5584
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> lsmod |grep usb
> usblp 30848 0
> usb_storage 97344 1
> usbcore 149288 6
> usblp,cdc_acm,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
> scsi_mod 163760 6
> st,sr_mod,usb_storage,sg,libata,sd_mod
> ide_core 164996 4
> usb_storage,ide_cd,amd74xx,ide_disk
>
> When I attempt to set up the printer with YaST, the
> printer module segfaults at around 1% of searching the
> driver database. The backtrace output is in the
> attached text file.
>
> When attempting to set up the printer manually, the
> following occurs:
> phantasm:~# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p hplaserjet6p -E -v
> usb:/dev/usblp0 -m
> /usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP-LaserJet_6P-hpijs.ppd
> lpadmin: add-printer (set model) failed:
> server-error-internal-error
>
> The cable was purchased from SFCables and comes with
> absolutely no useful documentation.
>
> Am I an idiot and missing something simple? Is there
> any hope? Should I attempt to return the usb to db25
> and use one of those usb to Centronic adaptors?
>
> Thanks in advance to everyone.
There was some problem at one time with the printer database, there
were some
messages here but seem to have deleted mine, so if you find out how to
rebuild the printer database I think you will be ok.
HTH. Mike
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