Re: [hpoj-devel] Re: [linux-usb-devel] any success w/ asus a7v133 onboard controller?

[Carlos P. <cp...@ro...>]

Allen Barnett <ba...@lo...> wrote:
> I've noticed now that since upgrading to RH 7.1 (which actually involved
> reverting the kernel to an earlier rev.), that cold starting the USB
> printer and the ptal daemons from hotplug doesn't work reliably anymore.
> I have to re-plugin the printer and start the daemons manually after the
> machine is up and stable.

hi allen,

i think this is what it is happening in my case, it is just that i was
assuming that loading the daemons via the hotplugging was not
an issue. in fact, it would seem rather harmless to do it automatically
vs manually. perhaps a matter of timing?

it would seem then that my asus usb hardware is ok.

what exactly do you have to re-load every time?

i was able to put the printer back in operation on usb now.
i removed the uhci and printer modules, then plugged the printer.
then loaded the modules, then ran the daemons.

killall -HUP ptal-printd ptal-mlcd
rmmod uhci printer; modprobe uhci printer
ptal-mlcd usb:0 -device /dev/usb/lp0; ptal-printd mlc:usb:0 -like /dev/lp0
# plug or power on printer

what could be the problem be with this script in /etc/hotplug/usb/printer

#!/bin/sh
#
# this is /etc/hotplug/usb/printer
#
if [[ -n "$PRODUCT" && $(expr $PRODUCT : 3f0) = 3 ]] ; then
	/opt/hpoj-010515/bin/ptal-mlcd usb:0 -device /dev/usb/lp0
	/opt/hpoj-010515/bin/ptal-printd mlc:usb:0 -like /dev/lp0
fi

thanks for your help!

-c
cc'ing the linux-usb folks