[cups.general] Brother MFC9660 - funny kernel messages

[Robert S]

I don't know whether this is a CUPS, a Linux or a hardware problem.  I'll 
start here.  If you think this isn't a cups problem, please suggest an 
alternative newsgroup that I could post this to.

I am running a Brother MFC9660 printer connected (by USB) to a Linux box 
running CUPS 1.1.14-5woody10, samba-2.2.3a-14.1 and debian woody.  Over the 
weekend I got some strange messages (see end of message).  When the 
secretaries came in this morning the printer was spewing out reams of 
gobbledegook.  All of the printing is done by Windows 2000/98 clients.

There is nothing to indicate a problem in the cups error log except for the 
message at the bottom of this message.

I recently upgraded the kernel to kernel-image-2.4.18-1-k6 because I got 
some similar messages in the past.

Here is the message:

Nov  8 08:50:36 debian kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2
Nov  8 08:50:36 debian kernel: printer.c: usblp0: removed
Nov  8 08:50:36 debian kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2
Nov  8 08:50:36 debian kernel: printer.c: usblp0: removed
Nov  8 08:50:36 debian kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2
Nov  8 08:50:36 debian kernel: printer.c: usblp0: removed
Nov  8 08:50:45 debian kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus2/2, 
assigned device number 3
Nov  8 08:50:46 debian kernel: usb.c: ignoring set_interface for dev 3, 
iface 0, alt 0
Nov  8 08:50:46 debian kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer 
dev 3 if 0 alt 0
Nov  8 08:50:46 debian /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup printer for USB product 
4f9/11b/100
Nov  8 08:50:46 debian kernel: usb.c: ignoring set_interface for dev 3, 
iface 0, alt 0
Nov  8 08:50:46 debian kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer 
dev 3 if 0 alt 0
Nov  8 08:50:46 debian /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup printer for USB product 
4f9/11b/100
Nov  8 08:50:46 debian kernel: usb.c: ignoring set_interface for dev 3, 
iface 0, alt 0
Nov  8 08:50:46 debian kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer 
dev 3 if 0 alt 0
Nov  8 08:50:46 debian /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup printer for USB product 
4f9/11b/100
Nov  8 08:50:47 debian /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: missing kernel or user mode 
driver printer

I'm getting this in the cups error log:

E [08/Nov/2004:09:01:11 +1100] get_printer_attrs: resource name 
'/printers/mfc9880,winspool,ne04:' no good!
E [08/Nov/2004:09:01:40 +1100] get_printer_attrs: resource name 
'/printers/mfc9880,winspool,ne04:' no good!
E [08/Nov/2004:09:05:49 +1100] get_printer_attrs: resource name 
'/printers/mfc9880,winspool,ne04:' no good!