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Re: USB Printer and Kernel recompile.
Thanks John I will take a look at those links in a moment I am working to try
and fix Mandrake on my iMac right now. Cheers!
On Friday 04 January 2002 18:21, John Blenkinsop wrote:
> On January 3, 2002 18:42 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> > Well I am not sure that i will need a recompile of my kernel as the USB
> > ports do appear in the system list and the /boot directory contains an
> > active (ie 'y' appears at the end of the line) CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y line.
> > So obviously the kernel must be supporting USB printing. I am stumped
> > why /dev files don't appears for any USB funtion. Is this what xconfig is
> > supposed to fix? Has something else not been activated properly?
>
> I'm a bit late to this discussion, but has anyone mentioned:
> http://www.linux-usb.org/
> The FAQ is quite useful, and there's also the 'Linux USB sub-system'
> document: http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/book1.html
> especially Chapter 2.
> If Sarah is using the standard Libranet kernel, I doubt she needs a
> recompile. USB support seems to be built into the kernel, at least for
> 1.9.0
>
> John
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