Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:59:11 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> To: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB Printer? Message-ID: <20030818125910.GR70636@cicely12.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20030818110251.GA10975@daimi.au.dk> References: <20030818110251.GA10975@daimi.au.dk>
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 01:02:51PM +0200, Daniel Nielsen wrote: > Hi. > > I installed 5.1-RELEASE on a compuiter with a nforce2 mobo, worked > nice... Then I bought a Brother-5050 Laser printer > (Postscript). Installed and configured cups. cups worked fine. Then I > realized, the printer only works if it is turned on before my freebsd > boots. > > When I power it up, it is detected by the freebsd usb-system: > > zits root # dmesg | grep ulpt > ulpt0: Brother HL-5050, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3, iclass 7/1 > ulpt0: using bi-directional mode > zits root # > > And when I turn it off: > zits root # dmesg | grep ulpt > <snip> > ulpt0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 3) disconnected > ulpt0: detached > zits root # > > but when I send a job to the printer, the CUPS usb backend just > hangs, locking /dev/ulpt0 > > I tried cat /root/some-file > /dev/ulpt0 , and it also just hangs. /dev/ulpt0 shouldn't exist after ulpt0 was detached. > If the printer enters standby after boot, then it also doesn't print, > with the same symptoms. > > I then tried upgrading to -CURRENT (about a week ago), but it still > doesn't work. It works perfectly from Knoppix 3.2 and winXP, so I'm > pretty sure it is a freeBSD usb problem. I should also mention, that > I'm using a USB mouse, and it works fine even disconnecting and > reconnecting after boot. That something work with another OS doesn't say anything about that it's an OS problem. It could also mean that the other OS has a workaround for a broken device. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de
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