Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2876 mails)

[Adam Benner <rennebja@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

I hope this hasn't been answered elsewhere, I did not
find it in my search of the archives.  I recently
purchased a usb to db25 female parallel printer cable
so I could attach my HP LaserJet 6P to my new
motherboard that has no parallel port.  The problem
occurs when I try to use the printer.  Hopefully all
relevant information:

SuSE 10.1

uname -a:  Linux phantasm 2.6.16.27-0.9-smp #1 SMP Tue
Feb 13 09:35:18 UTC 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
GNU/Linux

dmesg output:  ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.0: wakeup
usb 1-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and
address 5
usb 1-3: new device found, idVendor=4348,
idProduct=5584
usb 1-3: new device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0,
SerialNumber=0
usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional
printer dev 5 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x4348 pid 0x5584

dammed@phantasm:~> lsmod |grep usb
usblp                  30848  0 
usb_storage            97344  1 
usbcore               149288  6
usblp,cdc_acm,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
scsi_mod              163760  6
st,sr_mod,usb_storage,sg,libata,sd_mod
ide_core              164996  4
usb_storage,ide_cd,amd74xx,ide_disk

When I attempt to set up the printer with YaST, the
printer module segfaults at around 1% of searching the
driver database.  The backtrace output is in the
attached text file.

When attempting to set up the printer manually, the
following occurs: 
phantasm:~# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p hplaserjet6p -E -v
usb:/dev/usblp0 -m
/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/HP-LaserJet_6P-hpijs.ppd
lpadmin: add-printer (set model) failed:
server-error-internal-error

The cable was purchased from SFCables and comes with
absolutely no useful documentation.

Am I an idiot and missing something simple?  Is there
any hope?  Should I attempt to return the usb to db25
and use one of those usb to Centronic adaptors?

Thanks in advance to everyone.


       
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