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Dale <rdalek1967 <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> Howdy, |
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> This is confusing. A month or so ago, my HP 5300C scanner worked just |
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> fine. |
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Hello Dale, |
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I always keep old (very old) backups of the config file in |
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/etc/cups to see if when a software upgrade occurs, or |
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I have to use the admin page of cups to update/modify/test |
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print/scanner hardware. So it's an easy check therein, if |
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you kept old copies in /etc/cups. Sometimes newer versions |
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of cups do not work well with older or obscure features of |
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various printers/scanners. |
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As far as USB goes, the device's device driver could have been |
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change or it, as a legacy (usb) device became a new part of |
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one of the "unified" device drivers. You'll have to research that |
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or build a new/test kernel with all sorts of USB drivers enabled. |
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You definately have a usb issue, at the very least. |
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If those (2) ideas do not bear fruit, find a "usb sniffer" and use |
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that. You might have to go to a windows box to test the scanner too. |
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Not likely, but the usb chip could have went bad.... |
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http://vusb-analyzer.sourceforge.net/ |
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/usbsnoop/ |
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or general usb tools (may) help: |
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app-admin/usbview |
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sys-apps/usbmon |
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sys-apps/usbutils |
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etc...... |
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............many more usb sniffer too................. |
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Just eliminate the possibilities. |
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I'd test it on a windows box if necessary too. |
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This all begs the question of how it was set up : |
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(after the usb issue is resolved). |
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hplip, cups, *sane*, ??? |
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hth, |
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James |
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