[CVALE] usb lp devices keeps dieing

[Patrick Bennett]

Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:51:39 -0700, Patrick Bennett <stnick at bennettbungalow.com> wrote:
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>> I have a debian sarge server running kernel 2.6.8. [...]
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> That's really, really old. No usbmon, usblp full of races...
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I'm not sure what this means....
> I would extract the config from the Debian's 2.6.8 and give a try to
> something where I took over usblp. 2.6.23-rc3 sounds good :-)
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Holy crap!  Didn't realize I'd be asking the maintainer himself!  
Hhhhmmm... that means an upgrade to etch, which will be a pain (the 
server is a cleint's and it will mean a long after-hours night of work 
so they don't have downtime.)
> But honestly, I suspect your USB to parallel adapter is a goner.
> I don't expect a dot-matrix printer to come with a built-in USB,
> so try to replace the adapter.
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Actually, this one did.  It's an okidata ml series with a native usb 
interface and no parallel or network adaptor.  (cheap client purchased 
without asking for a recommendation, so we're stuck with it unless we 
spend a lot of money to add the network adaptor... and except for this 
condition, it works pretty well anyway.)
> -- Pete
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