[PLUG] USB issues

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Sun Jul 12 05:19:16 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Denis
Heidtmann<denis.heidtmann at gmail.com> wrote:
> In trying to get my HP PhotoSmart  S20 scanner communicating with
> VirtualBox (Win 2K guest) I found that the information received by the
> kernel (2.6.28-13-generic) from the scanner is wildly inconsistent.
> The vendor # and device # are consistent, but the rest is garbled (HP
> ?HP PhotoSmart C5101A,  HP ?HP oSmart C5101A - S20, HP P,
> HEW?HEWLETT-PAC, etc) when it should be HP PhotoSmart C5101A - S20.
> This is on a newly set-up machine running Ubuntu 9.04.  The MB is an
> Asus M3N78-VM.  The system appears to communicate with other devices
> on the USB properly (an HP DeskJet 930C and a ScanDisk card reader).
>
> The data from the scanner received by kernel 2.6.26-2-686 running
> Debian Lenny on a Lenovo ThinkPad T42 does not suffer this problem.
>
> Any ideas would be welcomed.  The scanner is a wonderful machine--it
> worked fine on Win ME on the old MB when I was dual booting.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Denis
>
I have tried ubuntu 8.04 32 bit (live), a new cable, and a different
plug on the MB.  Same behavior.  Since this scanner worked with my old
MB, I would like to try a PCI USB card to see if it has better luck.

-Denis



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