http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562282 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=562282#c0 Summary: parallel printer on USB docking station don't work anymore Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Final Platform: i686 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Printing AssignedTo: jsmeix@novell.com ReportedBy: peter-mailbox@web.de QAContact: jsmeix@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (en-US; rv:1.9.1.2) Gecko/20090729 Firefox/3.5.2 Hello, I've an old 'HP Laserjet 1100A' printer which is connected via parallel interface to a 'equip 9_1 plus LAN' USB Docking Station. The docking station is connected to my laptop via USB. The parallel port of the docking station is recognized as a 'Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) USS720 Parallel Port' with module uss720. In plus, I have module usblp loaded. dependencies of lp, usblp and uss720: lp 10276 0 usblp 14592 0 uss720 11488 1 parport 40236 4 lp,parport_pc,uss720,ppdev loading uss720 gives: uss720: v0.6:USB Parport Cable driver for Cables using the Lucent Technologies USS720 Chip uss720: NOTE: this is a special purpose driver to allow nonstandard uss720: protocols (eg. bitbang) over USS720 usb to parallel cables uss720: If you just want to connect to a printer, use usblp instead Under openSUSE 11.1, it was possible to connect and run the printer on setting 'FileDevice Yes' in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and 'DeviceURI file:/dev/usb/lp0' in /etc/cups/printers.conf. hwinfo --usb said: .. Hardware Class: printer Model: "Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) USS720 Parallel Port" Hotplug: USB Vendor: usb 0x047e "Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent)" Device: usb 0x1001 "USS720 Parallel Port" Revision: "1.04" Driver: "usblp" Driver Modules: "usblp" Device File: /dev/usb/lp0 Device Files: /dev/usb/lp0, /dev/usblp0, /dev/par0 Device Number: char 180:0 Speed: 12 Mbps Module Alias: "usb:v047Ep1001d0104dc00dsc00dp00ic07isc01ip02" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: uss720 is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe uss720" Driver Info #1: Driver Status: usblp is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe usblp" .. Under openSUSE 11.2, the printer is not recognized on setting 'FileDevice Yes'. Without it, the printer is recognized as 'DeviceURI hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_1100?device=/dev/parport1' but don't work (dev/parport1 exists, package hplip is installed). hwinfo says: .. Hardware Class: unknown Model: "Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) USS720 Parallel Port" Hotplug: USB Vendor: usb 0x047e "Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent)" Device: usb 0x1001 "USS720 Parallel Port" Revision: "1.04" Driver: "uss720" Driver Modules: "uss720" Speed: 12 Mbps Module Alias: "usb:v047Ep1001d0104dc00dsc00dp00icFFisc00ipFF" Driver Info #0: Driver Status: uss720 is active Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe uss720" .. I assume, the printer is not recognized correct anymore. Any idea? Peter Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.