Hey George, bawn 'n bred in de brarpatch ! only spent long enough in Ohio to appreciate getting back to warm weather! Bill
george whitmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Bill, Now your talking like an oh southern boy...sleeping dogs...New one for me but sounds good I'm all set till I start installing Virtual Machine on my laptop... have a good one george On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 6:50 PM, dracon wrote: > George, that is the hal ID for your adapter cable.. that is what I put > into the URI field for the "other" printer and it forced my HP4 to lock > in..no problems dropping since. If your problem returns you might try > that but if it's working now I'd let sleeping dogs lie. Could be some > cables are weaker than others (electrically not as well shielded maybe? > and some just fail at some point. All's well thst ends.. > > Bill. > > george whitmore wrote: Hi Bill, > > I found something similar(?) > > hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_67b_2305_noserial_if0_printer_noserial > BUT this works for me and leaves a ID Name of Laserjet_4 BUT no way is > the > URI the same...I could not fined that length of URI anywhere ... The > printer > works; is all I'm interested in now, how to help others is a guess at > best, > I have not seen the issues you have in dropping when rebooting, and till > I > replaced the Cable, I could not find the printer at all; how do you > address > that issue? One other thing is We Both have a Laserjet 4 shouldn't the > URI > be the same or very similar, for the same product? OR if it is JUST the > Cable we should be the same also...duh...Or am I not seeing something? In > either case we are forcing the LINUX to pass the identifier for the > printer > to be recognized. (just like the issue in Windows I needed to select USB > then windows could find the printer)... > > I have been printing yesterday and today the Laptop has been turned on and > off everything works. > > I other thing when I sent your the WubI Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron web > site...DO it before you unload your windows. I just install it to my other > IBM laptop R51. It installs and leaves a choice to your BOOT ID (you pick > windows or Ubuntu at boot. BUT the big thing is it acts as complete > installation and creates a vurital disk does NOT affect your Hard disk at > all, and leaves Ubuntu name in the Control panel ADD and REMOVE files. NOW > being installed it finds and accepts your total system, printer, laptop > keys > and lights your eithernet and or your wireless, video card, any USB stuff > you have. SO you know even before the offical installating where any > issues > are THAT IS COOL...IF you have a 3d Nvida or ATI card you will see the WOW > gnome package, also... > > Good luck with the Launch Pad effort, how you handle that is (?) but try > anyway, I guess. Then load the program to check your system with Hardy > Heron. Be aware it has only one site in the USA so a little slow, maybe > wait > till tonight to try...I have Warner Cable pretty good in the 500mbs > download > range. > > Your friend from NC. > george > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 4:37 PM, dracon > wrote: > > > Hi. I'll try this off the launchpad bug forum since I'm not at all sure > it > > will work for you and don't want to spread any nonsense further than > > required. > > I'm dracon on the launchpad and I was able to get past my cups problem > bu > > "forcing" a printer ID. > > > > Here is what you might try. At least it's easy and worth a shot. > > Go to System/Administration/Printing> click the New Printer button to > add > > a new printer...Don't mess with your normal set up just leave well > enough > > alone there. > > > > When you get the available printers selection pane select "Other" > > and in the URI field put the exact ID of your cable (copy/paste). From > > your note that would be: > > > > > > > hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4b8_5_M01P20511302159560_if0_printer_noserial > > Click forward and select the appropriate device driver for your printer, > > and continue to set the "new" printer up normally..new name and human > > description, but leave the default location alone. > > > > This should add a new printer presence named (Different-Name?) to your > > printer list. > > > > Try printing to that printer, make it default, see if it is able to > > reconnect. > > This worked for me with a legacy HP4 that cups found about 50% of the > > time..Now it doesn't fail and I can recover print jobs if the printer is > > unplugged and re plugged. > > > > If this works please let me know. Maybe we can point the Cups/Hal folks > > to a particular problem or give some bypass suggestionto the bug forum. > > (if it does not work le me know that too) > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > quixote wrote: I'm suddenly having major issues > > with my USB-connected printer. I have > > a Sharp MP30 laptop (from 2005), Epson Stylus Photo R220 printer, and > > running Hardy 8.04 with all updates applied as of Apr 20. (As a user, > > not a developer, I don't know what the problem really is or whether this > > is the correct thread.) > > > > Before I read this thread, this was the problem: after a cold start, > > everything worked, but after suspend, the system thought the printer was > > "unplugged." Other USB devices, like a thumbdrive, would not work > > either. I have two USB ports, and either one would become nonfunctional > > after trying to talk to the printer. Restarting cupsys, restarting X, > > nothing worked. Only a complete shutdown and boot up made the USB ports > > available again. > > > > After I read this thread and tried some of the diagnostics after > > suspending, it turned out that $lsusb or $lpinfo -v somehow woke the > > port back up and it would print. So what's the deal?? Any command to > > poll the printer or usb reminds the system of something and everything > > works again?? > > > > Bizarre. I hope I'm not the only person with this problem and it's > > something that can get sorted out. I've been using Ubuntu since Dapper, > > and this is the first time anything like this has happened. > > > > Some of the output from diagnostics: > > ----------------------- > > Cold boot, printing via usb cable works: > > ----------------------- > > $lsusb > > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04b8:0005 Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus Printer > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > > > $sudo usb_printerid /dev/usb/lp0 > > GET_DEVICE_ID string: > > MFG:EPSON;CMD:ESCPL2,BDC,D4;MDL:Stylus Photo R220;CLS:PRINTER;DES:EPSON > > Stylus Photo R220; > > > > $lpinfo -v > > network socket > > network beh > > direct > > > hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4b8_5_M01P20511302159560_if0_printer_noserial > > direct usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R220 > > direct epson:/dev/usb/lp0 > > direct hpfax > > direct hp > > network http > > network ipp > > network lpd > > file cups-pdf:/ > > direct scsi > > network smb > > > > ------------------------ > > after suspend: printer and/or usb no longer works > > ------------------------ > > $lsusb > > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > > > HOWEVER: this time, after running lsusb, the printer woke up and started > > printing the job I'd just given it. In the past, besides restarting X, > > I'd also tried restarting cupsys service and everything else I could > > think of. > > > > Now the output is > > $lsusb > > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04b8:0005 Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus Printer > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > > > ------------------------------ > > another suspend: printer not working at first > > ------------------------------ > > $lpinfo -v > > network socket > > network beh > > direct > > > hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4b8_5_M01P20511302159560_if0_printer_noserial > > direct usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20R220 > > direct epson:/dev/usb/lp0 > > direct hpfax > > direct hp > > network http > > network ipp > > network lpd > > file cups-pdf:/ > > direct scsi > > network smb > > > > and it started printing the job I'd just given it.... > > > > -- > > Printer is not detected properly over USB > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35638 > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > > of the bug. > > > > Status in Source Package "cupsys" in Ubuntu: Confirmed > > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.15" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.17" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.20" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > > Status in cupsys in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed > > Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Hardy: Won't Fix > > Status in linux-source-2.6.17 in Ubuntu Hardy: Won't Fix > > Status in linux-source-2.6.20 in Ubuntu Hardy: Won't Fix > > > > Bug description: > > Description of the problem: > > I have a Brother HL1050 that was detected properly in breezy but does > not > > seem to be in dapper. > > > > Steps to reproduce the problem: > > 1. Plug printer into usb slot and turn the printer on. > > 2. Run gnome-cups-add . > > > > Expected results: > > Printer to be detected and shown under "Use a detected printer:". > Printer > > manufacturer to be displayed in Printer Port dropdown. > > > > Actual rsults: > > "No printer detected" is displayed under Use a detected printer. "USB > > Printer #1 (CANON)" "USB Printer #1 (EPSON)" are displayed in Printer > Port > > dropdown. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try > it > > now. > > > > ** Attachment added: "unnamed" > > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13590102/unnamed > > > > -- > > Printer is not detected properly over USB > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35638 > > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > > of the bug. > > > > > ** Attachment added: "unnamed" > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13590836/unnamed > > -- > Printer is not detected properly over USB > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35638 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Source Package "cupsys" in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.15" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.17" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.20" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix > Status in cupsys in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed > Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Hardy: Won't Fix > Status in linux-source-2.6.17 in Ubuntu Hardy: Won't Fix > Status in linux-source-2.6.20 in Ubuntu Hardy: Won't Fix > > Bug description: > Description of the problem: > I have a Brother HL1050 that was detected properly in breezy but does not > seem to be in dapper. > > Steps to reproduce the problem: > 1. Plug printer into usb slot and turn the printer on. > 2. Run gnome-cups-add . > > Expected results: > Printer to be detected and shown under "Use a detected printer:". Printer > manufacturer to be displayed in Printer Port dropdown. > > Actual rsults: > "No printer detected" is displayed under Use a detected printer. "USB > Printer #1 (CANON)" "USB Printer #1 (EPSON)" are displayed in Printer Port > dropdown. > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > ** Attachment added: "unnamed" > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13591103/unnamed > > -- > Printer is not detected properly over USB > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35638 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > ** Attachment added: "unnamed" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13591411/unnamed -- Printer is not detected properly over USB https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35638 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in Source Package "cupsys" in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.15" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.17" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in Source Package "linux-source-2.6.20" in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in cupsys in Ubuntu Hardy: Confirmed Status in linux-source-2.6.15 in Ubuntu Hardy: Won't Fix Status in linux-source-2.6.17 in Ubuntu Hardy: Won't Fix Status in linux-source-2.6.20 in Ubuntu Hardy: Won't Fix Bug description: Description of the problem: I have a Brother HL1050 that was detected properly in breezy but does not seem to be in dapper. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Plug printer into usb slot and turn the printer on. 2. Run gnome-cups-add . Expected results: Printer to be detected and shown under "Use a detected printer:". Printer manufacturer to be displayed in Printer Port dropdown. Actual rsults: "No printer detected" is displayed under Use a detected printer. "USB Printer #1 (CANON)" "USB Printer #1 (EPSON)" are displayed in Printer Port dropdown. --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ** Attachment added: "unnamed" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13591704/unnamed -- Printer is not detected properly over USB https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35638 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs