no usb or lpt1 devices
R. Sheng-Chieh Cheng
shengchieh at linuxmail.org
Tue Feb 24 10:35:10 PST 2009
Background: I have a Samsung ML-2510 monochrome laser printer.
Initially I used CUPS and it did not work (maybe too new for
this old distro). So I downloaded the Unified Linux Driver
from Samsung's website,
http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/support.do?group=printersmultifunction&type=printersmultifunction&subtype=monochromelaserprinters&model_nm=ML-2510&language=&cate_type=all&dType=D&mType=DR&vType=&prd_ia_cd=06010400&disp_nm=ML-2510&model_cd=ML-2510/XAA&menu=download
Installed it on the desktop and everything worked fine.
Shutdown for the night and the next day, it doesn't work. Deleted the printer
and try coping off the PPD and raster files as in
http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-ML-2510
(scroll down 4/5)
(This approach works fine on my laptop).
Then used CUPS admistration to add an new printer. Enter name, location, and
description -> continue. The USB or LPT1 port does not show up in the device
list (it did for the laptop). It seems as if something (due to Samsung's
Unified Linux Driver) is holding onto the USB.
I need the desktop to "let go" of the USB and LPT1 devices. How do I do this?
More information: I tried to boot an liveCD (Crunchbang-lite) and got an error
message saying
Error: Unable to establish connection with FAM.
Do you have "FAM" or "Gamin" installed and running?
and no terminal, no firefox, no nothing pops up when i clicked for them, so
I didn't bother to install. However, I wonder if FAM/Gamin has anything to
do with no USB or LPT1.
About this desktop: The lspci and lomod output are at
http://shengchieh.50webs.com/lspcioutput.txt
http://shengchieh.50webs.com/lsmodoutput.txt
Thank in advance for any help.
Sheng-Chieh
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