Printer down after upgrade

[Florian Diesch]

Michael Satterwhite <michael at weblore.com> wrote:

> I've upgraded to Dapper, and it appears I've lost my ability to print.
> My printer is a USB Epson C66 that was running through CUPS. I believe
> the whole USB system is down as I can't load a a memory card from my
> camera on my card reader. As I said in another post, Sound is also down.


> Could someone point me in some directions to go. Ideally, I'll let the
> system redetect things and go - but I'm not above manual configurations
> where I can. I have no idea where to start on recovery, though.

Looking at the logs is always a good point to start with. Open a
terminal window and see what the following commands are saying:

* dmesg
     This shows the kernel messages. Does it contain something related
     to USB or audio?

* sudo lshw -businfo
     It should list your hardware. Does it contain anything that looks
     like your soundcard and USB controller?

* sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
     This shows what in one of the main logfiles. What's happening there
     when you plug in your printer or any other USB device.


   Florian
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