Hello,

I sent this to the linux-usb list, but Greg K-H suggested this list
might be more appropriate...

I've got an Epson Stylus Photo 870 USB printer.  If I turn it on when my
system's already booted up, the USB hot-plugging scripts do all the
right things and load the appropriate drivers and all's well.  OTOH, if
the printer's already on when I power up my system, the printer isn't
noticed and I either have to power-cycle my printer or load the printer
module by hand.  Okay, so it's not a big problem, but it's a little
annoyance and I'm wondering if I'm forgetting something...

I'm use the vanilla 2.4.2 kernel with KDB 1.8 patched in.  I'm using
usbutils 0.7 (with the hotplug(?) patches), pciutils 2.1.8 (also with
patches), modutils 2.4.3, and hotplug-2001_02_28.

Does anyone have any ideas?  Is there any other information I can
provide that'll help?

(I'm not subscribed to this list, so please be sure to include me
directly in any responses.)

Thanks,
pete