From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:43:46 +0000 Subject: Re: USB Printer Coldplugging Problem Message-Id: <20050805234345.GA4910@kroah.com> 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 That command really doesn't do anything except try to load modules for devices that do not have modules loaded for them. It doesn't "restart" any USB stuff that might matter. Any kernel log messages? What kernel version? thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- 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