USB device woes - cant believe that easy to fix

[systempilot]

I installed fedora core R2 on a box, then later installed a usb printer. Initial setup was easy, but after reboot kudzu poped up and said there was a hardware change and wanted to remove the configuration for my printer. I told it to leave the configuration alone, but the printer stopped working, so I dug further.

First off some system info:
Dual boot system w/ Fedora Core Release 2 on the second part, using grub to load.
Kernel version is 2.6.6-1.435.2.3
Printer is an HP PSC 2410 connected via USB - works fine in windows - worked once in linux.

During troubleshooting I attempted:
Ran ptal-init setup (as root) it showed:

Starting the HP OfficeJet Linux driver.
    No hpoj devices have been configured.
    As root, run "/usr/sbin/ptal-init setup".

Uninstalled all sane rpms, so I was only dealing w/ 1 aspect of the problem, instead of multiplying it by scanning.
Uninstalled and reinstalled hpoj and hpijs.
Ran ptal-init setup again, same result.

checked /proc/bus/usb/devices and list shows 3 items and no printer:

# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices|grep S:
S:  Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.6-1.435.2.3 ohci_hcd
S:  Product=OHCI Host Controller
S:  SerialNumber=0000:00:02.1

S:  Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.6-1.435.2.3 ohci_hcd
S:  Product=OHCI Host Controller
S:  SerialNumber=0000:00:02.0

S:  Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.6-1.435.2.3 ehci_hcd
S:  Product=EHCI Host Controller
S:  SerialNumber=0000:00:02.2

Checkd for USB kernel mods:

# lsmod |grep hci
ohci_hcd               16016  0
ehci_hcd               22916  0

I think that is right.
I also have devices in /dev:

# ls /dev/usb/lp*
/dev/usb/lp0   /dev/usb/lp11  /dev/usb/lp14  /dev/usb/lp3  /dev/usb/lp6  /dev/usb/lp9
/dev/usb/lp1   /dev/usb/lp12  /dev/usb/lp15  /dev/usb/lp4  /dev/usb/lp7
/dev/usb/lp10  /dev/usb/lp13  /dev/usb/lp2   /dev/usb/lp5  /dev/usb/lp8

And I checked /var/log/messages to find this regarding the printer:

# tail /var/log/messages
Jul 21 11&#58;33&#58;51 rlgale ptal-mlcd&#58; SYSLOG at ExMgr.cpp&#58;652, dev=<mlc&#58;usb&#58;probe>, pid=2723, e=111, t=1090427631         ptal-mlcd successfully initialized.
Jul 21 11&#58;33&#58;51 rlgale ptal-mlcd&#58; ERROR at ExMgr.cpp&#58;2525, dev=<mlc&#58;usb&#58;probe@/dev/usb/lp8>, pid=2723, e=19, t=1090427631         Couldn't find device!

If anyone can help me, please do.. I really want to get rid of Windows, but I can't until I fix this!

Thanks in advance!

[systempilot]

Can anyone help me with this - I really have no idea what to do and have been working on this for over a week. Maybe I should just switch back to windows? I dont like that idea at all

[kkubasik]

this is odd, you could re-compile your kernel with more support for usb devices...

[systempilot]

Ok - I've dug further into my system - knowing nothing shows in my /proc/bus/usb/devices about my printer.
So I looked in dmesg and found this (filtered all the extra stuff, but can post the whole list if it helps):

# dmesg|grep usb
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver
&#91;<02216a08>&#93; &#40;usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x4b&#41;
usb 2-2&#58; new full speed USB device using address 2
usb 2-2&#58; control timeout on ep0out

Looks like the very last line here may explain the root of all my evil? But I do not know how to correct. I saw something someplace about a bug in a 2.6 kernel that makes this happen, and I am running a 2.6 kernel, but they also said it was fixed in a point release and my system is updated as of right now.

Any ideas anyone? Please help

[systempilot]

I cant believe it!!! I spend about 10 days trying to figure out this problem, and the solution was SIMPLE:

Bug in kernel 2.6.6
Booted with kernel 2.6.5

Everything works great.

Well heck - at least I learn ALOT about linux, commands, and troubleshooting techniques - thanks everyone who read this - It helped me alot to be typing this stuff to a message board, even if nobody had the answer ready for me!