From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kay Sievers Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:21:57 +0000 Subject: Re: USB Printer Coldplugging Problem Message-Id: <20050805222157.GA25820@vrfy.org> List-Id: References: <20050805150727.95299.qmail@web54506.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050805150727.95299.qmail@web54506.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 08:07:26AM -0700, Frank Chen wrote: > We have a problem with USB printer (HP LaserJet 1010). > After power up or reboot, sometimes the USB printer is > not detected. The /dev/usb doesn't even exist. If we > unplug and then reconnect the USB cable, the printer > will work fine. I placed the following line in > rc.local. > > exec /etc/hotplug/usb.rc restart > > Things improved a little but the problem still happens > from time to time. > > Since we are putting these systems in remote > locations, it is not practical to send someone there > to unplug the USB cable or type above command. Any > suggestions is greatly appreciated. I would hate to > see us switch to the other OS. Well, how should we know what your are using? Kernel, distro, udev version, please... Kay ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel