kudzu interaction with printers w/o standby mode (Canon BJC 255)

akonstam at trinity.edu akonstam at trinity.edu
Sun May 2 13:46:32 UTC 2004


On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 09:00:35AM +1000, Matt Hansen wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 03:49, Jeff Vian wrote:
> > Manually run kudzu
> 
> Yes, I have tried this. I switched to a VT and ran 'kudzu
> --class=PRINTER' but instead of kudzu detecting the printer and asking
> if I'd like to configure it, it instead tells me one-by-one that all my
> other hardware has been removed (video,sound,usb etc) and I have to
> select "Do Nothing" to keep my system sane. 
> So it looks like I'm SOL in this situation..kudzu only seems to want/be
> able to communicate with the printer if it's on when I boot up. That's
> when I hear the beep from printer confirming kudzu has talked to it and
> I'll be able to print. Maybe someone could tell me this is normal
> (albeit rediculous) behaviour? Is this what you guys have to do as well?
> 
> Regards,
> -Matt
> -- 
I recently posted a message asking about exactly the same behavior in
relation to modems (kudzu --class=MODEM). I don't understand this and
no one responded with an explanation. I remain confused.
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