chuck
04-13-2009, 08:15 PM
I have a HP LAsjet 4L and it's not recognized immediately in either
CUPS or the HP utility from KDE. I can install it via the CUPS install
procedure but this runs so slow.. like 20 minutes for three pages.I have done various "hacks" but I'd really like to find why it's not being recognized in the first place.
Here's my dmesg info
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc9fff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
ppbus0: [ITHREAD]
ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE
Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:
ppbus0: <Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4L> HP ENHANCED PCL5,PJL
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
plip0: WARNING: using obsoleted IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
ppc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc0: [ITHREAD]
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
So I'd say it's recognized as a pnp device but I have to install manually?
Things I've done
Reset the BIOS to ECP
This didn't change the dmesg at all but I think then I noticed or started getting the alert storm
Force the ECP mode in /boot/device.hints with flag
This changed the dmesg only on the first line but didn't change the the probes or results
I then found reference to a command line tool lptcontrol using the
-e mode puts the printer/port in "e-tended mode.
This allows normal printing, but then sets a new polling alert in dmesg
I personally don'T have a problem but I can't expect the other users
family members to type command line parameters wghen they want to print. Any tips as to getting the printer recognized? in extended mode?
Pr
CUPS or the HP utility from KDE. I can install it via the CUPS install
procedure but this runs so slow.. like 20 minutes for three pages.I have done various "hacks" but I'd really like to find why it's not being recognized in the first place.
Here's my dmesg info
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc9fff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
ppbus0: [ITHREAD]
ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE
Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:
ppbus0: <Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4L> HP ENHANCED PCL5,PJL
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
plip0: WARNING: using obsoleted IFF_NEEDSGIANT flag
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
ppc0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
ppc0: [ITHREAD]
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
So I'd say it's recognized as a pnp device but I have to install manually?
Things I've done
Reset the BIOS to ECP
This didn't change the dmesg at all but I think then I noticed or started getting the alert storm
Force the ECP mode in /boot/device.hints with flag
This changed the dmesg only on the first line but didn't change the the probes or results
I then found reference to a command line tool lptcontrol using the
-e mode puts the printer/port in "e-tended mode.
This allows normal printing, but then sets a new polling alert in dmesg
I personally don'T have a problem but I can't expect the other users
family members to type command line parameters wghen they want to print. Any tips as to getting the printer recognized? in extended mode?
Pr