https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744076 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744076#c0 Summary: USB to Parallel Port dongle not fully initialized at boot Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: Final Platform: PC OS/Version: openSUSE 12.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: wk@ire.pw.edu.pl QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/534.34 (KHTML, like Gecko) konqueror/4.7.2 Safari/534.34 I have USB to Parallel Port dongle (noname, Prolific chip inside) with a parallel printer connected. If this dongle is inserted at boot moment, it is recognized and a kernel module usblp is loaded but no device file /dev/usblp0 created. Without it I can't use the printer. The dmesg output is: .. [ 1.484040] usb 6-2: new full speed USB device number 2 using ohci_hcd [ 1.633170] usb 6-2: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2305 [ 1.633173] usb 6-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 1.633174] usb 6-2: Product: IEEE-1284 Controller [ 1.633176] usb 6-2: Manufacturer: Prはlific Technology Inc. [... If I remove a dongle and insert it again, the device file is created and I can use the printer (with some manual changes in cups configuration). The dmesg output is now: .. [ 416.485317] usb 6-2: USB disconnect, device number 2 [ 419.842112] usb 6-3: new full speed USB device number 3 using ohci_hcd [ 419.990242] usb 6-3: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2305 [ 419.990251] usb 6-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 419.990258] usb 6-3: Product: IEEE-1284 Controller [ 419.990263] usb 6-3: Manufacturer: Prはlific Technology Inc. [ 424.994806] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x067B pid 0x2305 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the computer with the dongle connected 2. ls /dev/usblp* 3. Remove the dongle from the computer, connect it back and wait for driver reload 4. ls /dev/usblp* Actual Results: No file in first try /dev/usblp0 in the second try -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.