From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Lane Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 20:10:20 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-usb-users] Getting 2 usb printers to appear on same ports on Message-Id: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Karl Heinz Kremer wrote: > > This is not just a printer problem. I have multiple USB scanners (up > to three) connected to my machine. Depending on the order in which > I power them on they are assigned /dev/usb/scanner[012]. > > I have to admit that the print queue problem is much worse than what > Sane does with these, but I would still like to assign one physical > device to a specific device file. > > Would the hot-plugging support be the right place to look for a > solution? Yes, such issues should be discussed on linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net as well. I am CCing the list on this reply. Miles > Dan Gray said: > > > I have two usb printers, a Brother HL-1250 and a HP 840C and have a large > > problem with them, when I boot up it seems to be a matter of chance which > > is found first on the USB bus and which therefore is assigned /dev/usb/lp0 > > and which gets /dev/usb/lp1. Obviously this is making setting up my print > > queues a nightmare as I have to keep changing them whenever I reboot and > > the printers get re-assigned. So, how (if at all) do I get the kernel to > > always assign a particular printer to a given port? > > > > Thanks > > Dan _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel