Brother HL-2240D does not connect with Xubuntu 20.04

[MR ZenWiz]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 5:15 AM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> I Googled HP-2140 and I got only results for a netbook, not a printer.
>
Oh, right.  The note is meaningless to me now because I don't remember
why it was there.

>>...  I thought that odd
> > because for 18.04 I installed the Brother printer driver file (which I
> > also no longer have - foo).
>
> Why don't you have it? Does it no longer work?
>
I don't remember what it was called and it's not in my usual places
for keeping such things.

I did run a locate on all .ppd files and grep'd for 2240 and what
shows up is this:

/etc/cups/ppd/HL-2240D-series.ppd
/home/admar/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/w32x86/3/HL-2240D-series.ppd
/home/admar/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/win40/0/HL-2240D-series.ppd
/home/admar/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/x64/3/HL-2240D-series.ppd
/usr/share/cups/model/HL2240D.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/HL2240D.ppd

I don't know if my Wine is up to date (haven't tried it recently), but
that shouldn't matter.

> > I'm not sure.  My Netgear WiFi USB device kind of gave out entirely -
:
>
> Very odd. Can you try with a live USB?
>
I did - no response there either.  It shows up in lsusb, but the
system does not pay any attention to it.

My partner's laptop has a Win10 boot on it, and that recognized the
device, but I don't recall if it showed up as a WiFi connection - at
the time I was only checking what Netgear told me - see if Windows
recognizes it (so I could update the firmware, which I also did not).
My focus these days is almost entirely on getting past the problem,
not so much analyzing it in detail for future reference.  I'm slipping
in my seniority...

> If you have a largish stick lying around, Ventoy is useful for this.
> Just drop a bunch of ISO files on it and it makes a multiboot stick.
>
> https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
>
Thanks - that may come in handy.  I presume it does not do Windows as
a live boot - is there such a thing?

[switching the USB cable to another port]
> Very odd. Noisy mains supply?
>
I hope not - the system is on a UPS with a recently replaced battery.

> > FTR, I used a different, heavier ethernet cable this time.  I was able
> > to get the older one to work with other machines.  Could be my
> > hardware is getting tired - it's about 10 years old IIRC.
> It could be some failing capacitors, then.
>
If they go, I'll upgrade to some powerhouse hardware better than what
I have now - probably a Ryzen high end CPU, 64G or new RAM, new power
supply, maybe new case too.

> > Thanks for all the info.  It's always good to keep up on what's what,
> > and I've been quite lazy lately - not a good practice.
>
> I am not sure I am the best source of the latest cutting-edge advice! o_O
>
No self-deprecation required - you're far more up-to-date than I am.
My COVID coma took a lot out of me, and it's not all back yet even
after 6+ months of recuperation.  Lousy excuse, but so it is.

Cheers.

Mark