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  1. HP psc 1210 now working with mandrake 10.0 CE

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    There is now an even better and simpler fix.

     

    Just get a copy of the kernel form the update mirrors which ar noww up to AT LEAST 2.6.3-7mdk, and run that kernel.  Then you get 2.6.3 AND a FULLY function psc device.  The kernel csource is also available for that kernel, though you have to download and install it yourself.

    This works as well, and gives a better result.

     

    Thanks to VeeDubb's advice here, I have now eliminated all but one of the problems I encountered when I switched to mandrake 10ce.

     

    I am still unable to get my Netgear MA401 PCMCIA wireless network card to work on my laptop.

  2. In what kind of PC or Laptop are you running MDK?

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    Mandrake 10ce - I have got it to run on :

     

    AMD Duron 1Ghz, (256Mb RAM), EPSON C40SX - no issues at all.

     

    Intel Celeron (256Mb RAM) - had issues with the USB printer, an HP PSC 1210 - but that was not an issue with the printer nor the machine but rather with kernel 2.6.3.

     

    IBM T20 (700GHz) - I haven't checked out the Winmodem, but I suspect it doesn't work (as always). I have an unresolved issue with Wireless networking - I have a Netgear MA401 PCMICA wireless LAN adaptor & I can't figure out if the problem is PCMCIA or Wireless in general. I have had this working just once - when I inserted the PCMCIA card during the boot sequence.

  3. HP psc 1210 now working with mandrake 10.0 CE

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    Eric, two things.

     

     

    1.  I have found a very simple way to make it work with kernel 2.6 despite the bug.  All you have to do is this:

     

    Let printer drake set it up with all the auto-configure options, this will make sure hpoj is installed and configured so you can scan.

     

    Next, open up printerdrake, and delete the printer.

     

    Thirds step, add it as a new printer, but uncheck ALL of the boxes for autodetection and when asked if it's a multi-function device, say "no."

     

    Last but not least, reboot your computer AND the printer.  I occasionaly find that nothing happens when I try to print, but simply rebooting the printer is all it takes to fix it.

     

    I'm told that the compilation of kernel 2.6 that was used in RC1 worked just fine with the PSC series printers, so I'm sure it wil work again as soon as they release an update.  And, it's not mandrakes fault.  turns out there's a bug in the source for that particular revision or 2.6.3 wich is widely known and is allready fixed.

     

     

    2.  the 1350 is the one that's just like the 1210 but has memory card slots right?  Can you access those in linux?  Just curious.

    I'm very impressed. I tried many different things to try to get my HP PSC 1210 to work, and eventually I reverted to the 2.4 kernel that is included in Mandrake 10ce.

     

    This method you describe here works - except that you have to re-boot the printer.

     

    As I say - I'm impressed. It would never occur to me to tell printerdrake that the printer was not a multifunction printer when it in fact is.

     

    The only thing I note - on boot the module usblp (or something similar to that) still tries to be loaded and it still reports an error. Maybe this is the cause of the need to reboot ? Can I somehow blaclist this module ?

  4. I know what's wrong with USB in 10.0

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    There have been a lot of people complaining about various USB devices, mostly printers, mice and tablets, not working in 10ce.

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    My printer is an HP PSC 1210.  It only connects through USB, but it does not use the usblp kernel module.  Instead, it just getts mounted like anything else in USB and then uses a special low level driver from HP called HPOJ (or ptal-init) The problem here is that whenever i start ptal-init, and the printer starts talking to the computer, mandrake sees it as a USB printer an loads up usblp which screw ptal-init and all I get is reems of blank paper.

     

    What I need to do is dissable whatever is loading those modules for me.  If I can do that, 10.0 will be the best version of mandrake I've ever run.  If not, I have to roll back to 9.2 or 9.1 this weekend because I need printing.

    I have the same problem exactly with the HP PSC 1210 and kernel 2.6.3. You don't have to roll back to 9.2 - all you need to do is use the 2.4 kernel.

     

    However, regarding the USB bug in kernel 2.6.3 - doesn't hotplug have a "blacklist" of modules - and can that be used here ?

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