Printer getting attached to umass and da

Predrag Punosevac punosevac at math.arizona.edu
Sat Apr 12 21:32:34 UTC 2008


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


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