Printer getting attached to umass and da

[Steven Friedrich]

On Saturday 12 April 2008 05:32:25 pm Predrag Punosevac wrote:
> Steven Friedrich wrote:
> > On Saturday 12 April 2008 04:29:20 pm Warren Block wrote:
> >> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, Steven Friedrich wrote:
> >>> From messages:
> >>> messages:Apr 12 09:39:55 laptop kernel: ulpt0: <EPSON USB2.0
> >>> MFP(Hi-Speed), class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on uhub4
> >>> messages:Apr 12 09:39:55 laptop kernel: umass0: <EPSON USB2.0
> >>> MFP(Hi-Speed), class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on uhub4
> >>> messages:Apr 12 09:39:55 laptop kernel: da0: <EPSON Stylus Storage
> >>> 1.00> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device
> >>>
> >>> Why is it getting attached to umass and da?
> >>
> >> Most likely the printer has memory card slots that are accessible via
> >> USB.
> >>
> >>> Should I config something to stop this?
> >>
> >> Not unless it's causing a problem.
> >>
> >> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
> >
> > It does have slots for memory...
> > I can't get this printer to work, and the cups error_log shows no errors.
> > I had been reading a HOW-TO on the CUPS site and I set the loglevel to
> > debug, figuring I'd get a message about a broken pipe due to a missing
> > filter. No such luck. Far as CUPS is concerned, it's working. But it only
> > feeds sheet after sheet and occasionally prints garbage.
> > I've tried CUPS test page and a one sheet doc from KATE.
> > The gutenprint doc says I should have an Epson backend
> > in /usr/lib/cups/backend (but I think on freebsd it will be
> > in /usr/local/libexec/cups/backend).
> > But it's not there...
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> Remove the umass driver from the kernel (you have to recompile) and then
> configure printer. Then load
> umass driver after the boot with kldload utility since otherwise you
> will not be able to use Floppy disk and USB sticks
>
> Cheers,
> Predrag

Thanks for the suggestion, but after removing the umass driver, the printer 
still dosen't work.
I did verify with usbdevs -dv that umass is not attached to the printer 
anymore...