USB problem, was Re: [plug] HPLJ printing problem with CUPS

[Chris Caston]

Mike,

Thanks I'm going back there now to check.

This is to be print server is for the HQ youth center where we run a
Debian GNU Linux networking environment. 

I'd appreciate it if we could get further help from you and or other
pluggers to get this working.

regards,

Chris Caston
HQ IT volunteer

http://www.hq.org.au

On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 14:02, Mike Holland wrote:
> On 28 Nov 2002 caston at iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> > "Unable to open USB port device file "/dev/usb/lp0": No such device" 
> 
> OK, forget CUPS. thats the kernel telling you it doesnt have a usb 
> printer.
> 
> > here are my modules:
> 
> Yep, no USB printing. Needs the 'printer' module, i think.
> 
> > I also tried insmod printer 
> 
>  You mean modprobe? What was the actual command? What was the result of 
> that?
>  tail /var/log/messages after "modprobe printer".
> 
> > and I'm not sure if it's related but I sometimes get:
> > 
> > Description: testing
> >  Location: /usb/dev/usb/lp0
> 
> Never mind the printing spooling - the device isnt there yet.
> Whats in the log?
> 
> -- 
>         The origin of Truth is Doubt - Socrates
> 
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