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Date:      Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:38:37 +0000
From:      Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Still more USB woes on freebsd-10.1-i386
Message-ID:  <DUB123-W348B57FC61E94FD1EFBB56F6350@phx.gbl>
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> Date: Fri=2C 2 Jan 2015 21:14:08 +0530
> From: bourne.identity@hotmail.com
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: USB woes on freebsd-10.1-i386
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> Hi=2C
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> I installed FreeBSD-10.1-i386 with GNOME on my AMD Athlon computer (3.4=20
> GHz=2C 1.75 GB RAM) a couple of months ago. While I am generally happy=20
> with my OS (to the extent that I hardly ever need to boot into Windows=20
> XP SP3)=2C there are a couple of USB-related problems that won't go away=
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> on my system and that I can't fix by myself.
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> 1) My Canon PIXMA MG2470 printer does not print. Although a) all=20
> necessary ports are installed=2C  b) print/cups-base has been built with=
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> libusb=2C and c) the printer is recognized immediately by the system the=
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> moment it is switched on=2C the list of local printers in CUPS=20
> browser-based configuration is empty. Further=2C the printer - when=20
> switched on - shows up at an indeterminate location /dev/usb/2.X.0 (X=20
> could be 3 or 5 or 6)=2C despite explicitly being hooked to /dev/usb/2.6.=
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> in /etc/devfs.rules
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> 2) The APC UPS attached to my system is not able to shut down my system=20
> in case of a power failure=2C although apcupsd.conf is configured to=20
> initiate a system shutdown when battery level falls below 5 minutes=20
> remaining. Running self-test with acptest succeeds with result PASSED=2C=
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> but battery calibration  with apctest fails with the message "Failed to=20
> read current battery level" despite battery level being 100% and load=20
> being in the region of 20% (percentage figures as reported by APC=20
> Powerchute v3.0.2 on Windows XP SP3).
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> Both printer and UPS work seamlessly under Windows XP SP3.
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> I am attaching to this message a zip archive containing :
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> output of 'uname -a'
> list of ports installed
> latest log of dmesg
> copy of /etc/rc.conf
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> Thanks for any help.
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> Regards=2C
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> Manish Jain
> +91-98995-82709

It gets worse. Now my standard 101-key Logitech keyboard freezes (without r=
ecovering) while using GNOME. So now I have 3 devices which don't work :

1) UPS which can run a self-test but is unable to shut down the computer up=
on power failure
2) printer which does not get detected
3) keyboard which freezes after a while

Although each problem can be attributed to a separate port=2C the common th=
read is USB. All 3 devices work perfectly under Windows XP SP3. The externa=
l USB hub I use can be ruled out because the printer and keyboard are conne=
cted directly to motherboard ports.

Unless there is a trouble-shooting manual=2C all I can do is wait for the n=
ext FreeBSD release - and let Microsoft win the argument for the meanwhile.

Regards=2C
Manish Jain
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