Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:14:47 -0400 From: Isaac Mushinsky <itz@mushinsky.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu> Subject: Re: hplip setup problems Message-ID: <200803270014.47726.itz@mushinsky.net> In-Reply-To: <47EB150E.6080007@math.arizona.edu> References: <200803260021.12249.itz@mushinsky.net> <200803262215.14727.itz@mushinsky.net> <47EB150E.6080007@math.arizona.edu>
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On Wednesday 26 March 2008 23:31:26 Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Isaac Mushinsky wrote: > > On Wednesday 26 March 2008 00:21:12 Isaac Mushinsky wrote: > >> I am close to assasinating my HP Photosmart C4280 in frustration. > >> > >> 1. This is an all-in-one device. (I did not try the scanner setup yet) > >> 2. ulpt, umass, uscanner modules are not in kernel and not kld-loaded. > >> 3. Machine is FreeBSD 7-stable/amd64. > >> 4. hplip is 2.8.2 > >> > >> $ usbdevs > >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel > >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel > >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel > >> addr 1: EHCI root hub, Intel > >> addr 2: Photosmart C4200 series, HP > >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel > >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel > >> addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel > >> addr 1: EHCI root hub, Intel > >> > >> There is a ppd file for these series with the hplip distribution. > >> > >> hpssd, cups started in the order needed. hp-setup detects the printer, > >> and then says 'Unable to create queue'. CUPS web interface actually adds > >> the printer, but then cannot print test page to it. cups user runs hpssd > >> (I tried root too). > >> > >> /var/log/messages has: > >> Mar 25 23:57:56 omsk python: io/hpmud/musb.c 135: unable > >> get_string_descriptor -5: Input/output error Mar 25 23:57:56 omsk > >> python: io/hpmud/musb.c 1951: invalid serial id string ret=-5 > >> > >> Here is all relevant output: > >> http://omsk.mushinsky.net/hplip-trouble > >> > >> Any help is appreciated. Thanks. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > final piece of information: sane cannot open the HP all-in-one as a > > scanner with same error (getting serial id). However, my Nikon LS40-ED (a > > 35mm film scanner) works fine. So the problem is apparently not my > > installation or libusb. > > I would not bet my life on it. There are two ways on which sane-backend > talk to scanners. Libusb is one of the ways. > I have two Epson scanners. One of them does use libusb one of them > doesn't not. How do I know. Well in OpenBSD when the scanner uses libusb > you have to remove uscanner driver from the kernel in order to use it. > > Cheers, > Predrag > > > ~> sane-find-scanner > > > > # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the > > # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your > > # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. > > > > # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make > > sure that > > # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. > > > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x04b0 [Nikon], product=0x4000 [LS-40 ED]) at > > libusb:/dev/usb2:/dev/ugen1 > > found USB scanner (vendor=0x03f0 [HP], product=0x5c11 [Photosmart C4200 > > series]) at libusb:/dev/usb3:/dev/ugen0 > > # Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be > > supported by > > # SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage. > > > > # Not checking for parallel port scanners. > > > > # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary > > ports # can't be detected by this program. > > > > # You may want to run this program as root to find all devices. Once > > you # found the scanner devices, be sure to adjust access permissions as > > # necessary. > > > > The Nikon scanner works, the HP device fails to return serial id as > > above. _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I have a spare partition, so when I have the time I'll try to install linux on it and see. This printer is listed as supported and 'working perfectly' on linuxprinting.org Also, I loaded ulpt and it is able to talk to the printer.
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