From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262934AbUB1CKl (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:10:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262999AbUB1CKl (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:10:41 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:3025 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262934AbUB1CKk (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:10:40 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:10:41 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Daniel Robbins Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.3-bk9 QA testing: firewire good, USB printing dead Message-ID: <20040228021040.GA14836@kroah.com> References: <1077933682.14653.23.camel@wave.gentoo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1077933682.14653.23.camel@wave.gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 07:01:22PM -0700, Daniel Robbins wrote: > However, 2.6.3-bk9's USB printing support appears to be dead. I can't > get it to work reliably. Tested on Epson Stylus Photo 960 and a Brother > Laser printer. catting files to /dev/usb/lp? tends to fail (process will > get "stuck") and printer data stops flowing. This is on an Athlon XP > (NForce2) system using the on-board USB. The official 2.6.3 release > works fine. I'd expect these USB printing death symptoms to be easily > reproducable on quite a few systems -- the problems hit me in the first > few seconds of print testing. If they end up being more elusive, I can > try to dig up more info for anyone who's interested in trying to isolate > the problem. Yes, I am. Do you get any error messages in your syslog when the printer hangs? thanks, greg k-h