USB Port Problem

**halvorj** · 04-09-2003, 03:48 AM

Hi, newbie here. I have a USB 1.1 port going to my printer. When I print a test page, it says it printed, but nothing goes to the printer. Question, do I have to set up something special for a USB 1.1 port?

Thanks,
John

**rickenbacherus** · 04-09-2003, 10:21 PM

There should be quite a bit to be found on this site about USB if you use the search function. There are many ways to gain info about USB. Do a lsmod to see what drivers are loaded. Do a dmesg to see all of your kernel messages from boot and find out what it tells you about USB. There is a program called usbview. Run it from the command line. You can do a cat /proc/bus/usb to see if your hub or anything connected to it shows up. If your device seems to be recognized you could run the Printer Wizard.

**halvorj** · 04-10-2003, 01:52 AM

Originally Posted by rickenbacherus

There should be quite a bit to be found on this site about USB if you use the search function. There are many ways to gain info about USB. Do a lsmod to see what drivers are loaded. Do a dmesg to see all of your kernel messages from boot and find out what it tells you about USB. There is a program called usbview. Run it from the command line. You can do a cat /proc/bus/usb to see if your hub or anything connected to it shows up. If your device seems to be recognized you could run the Printer Wizard.

Thanks,
I'll give those all a try.
John

**aay** · 04-10-2003, 05:08 AM

I've had this happen before and, for me, the solution was picking a different driver. When you go through the KDE print wizard see if there isn't more than one driver for your printer. In my case I needed to choose the gimp-print driver. Post back if this helps.

**halvorj** · 04-11-2003, 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by aay

I've had this happen before and, for me, the solution was picking a different driver. When you go through the KDE print wizard see if there isn't more than one driver for your printer. In my case I needed to choose the gimp-print driver. Post back if this helps.

Yes, you're right. I found the problem to be with the drivers not the USB port. I had to switch to a CUPS type of printer.

Thanks for all your help.
John