[KLUG Members] HP895Cxe + USB

Adam Williams members@kalamazoolinux.org
06 Dec 2001 22:58:14 -0500


>>2. He has an HP895Cxe that he connects via USB.  I know a HP895Cxe works
>>because I own one, but it is on a lwoly parrallel port.  But is RH going
>>to see that?  How can once config it before hand (as I don't own a USB cable)?
>I don't know about that device, but when I've tried other USB devices on
>Redhat 7.2, I shutdown, plug in the device / power it up, boot the
>system and Redhat finds it.  Kinda like PnP.   :-)

So far the system simply doesn't see the printer,  it does recongnize
the USB controller however (according to the hardware browser).  But
linux-usb.org reports that it does work since 2.4.1.  A little fiddling
may be in order.