Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:08:36 -0800 From: timlee <timlee@sonic.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 5.3 USB printing problem Message-ID: <200501121808.j0CI8afj012579@bolt.sonic.net>
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I have a PC (Asus A7M266 motherboard, AMD / VIA chipset) with FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p4 (kernel is like GENERIC, but has eisa and a bunch of storage stuff removed, and sound and COMPAT_LINUX added -- no changes to USB stuff from GENERIC) with a USB printer (Brother HL-5050). USB printing to the same printer worked when the same computer had FreeBSD 4.8 on it. The computer's USB stuff in dmesg is (after booting up with the printer on): uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xb400-0xb41f irq 9 at device 4.2 on pci0 uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ulpt0: Brother HL-5050, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2, iclass 7/1 ulpt0: using bi-directional mode uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xb000-0xb01f irq 9 at device 4.3 on pci0 uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered Now, when I boot up the computer with the printer on, or turn on the printer for the first time after booting up, usbdevs shows: addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA addr 2: HL-5050, Brother addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA Then when I cat a text file to /dev/unlpt0, the printer's green light turns yellow, but nothing gets printed out. When I cat a text file to /dev/ulpt0, the shell gets stuck (and the printer's light turns green). Afterward, usbdevs shows: addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA addr 2: product 0x0017, Brother Industries addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA (pausing a long time between the first and second lines). If the printer is turned off and turned back on, usbdevs then shows: addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA addr 0 should never happen! addr 1: UHCI root hub, VIA and dmesg shows: uhub0: device problem, disabling port 1 Neither lpd nor CUPS works either. What else should I try? Timothy J. Lee (timlee@sonic.net)
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