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|    Siarzhuk Zharski to Edmund    |
|    Re: USB patch    |
|    21 Feb 04 10:50:49    |
      From: imker@gmx.li              Edmund wrote:              > I tried the USB patches on my AMD athlon 800.       > I am not sure to whre I must make simbolic links, the discription says link       to       > /dev/printer ....etc       no. The description says:              make the following symbolic links on copied files:       usb_printer -> ../dev/printer/usb/usb_printer       usb_raw -> ../dev/bus/usb/usb_raw                     > But I see /boot/beos/system/add_ons/kernel/drivers/dev, and       > /boot/home/config/add_ons/kernel/drivers/dev       > Where do I have to link to?       run terminal go to /boot/home/config/add-ons/kernel/drivers/bin/ and run              ln -s ../dev/printer/usb/usb_printer       ln -s ../dev/printer/usb/usb_raw              > First I linked it to one of them, the system ws booting OK but, no printing       yet.       > Then I linked to the other dev too and it printed one time, then I rebooted       > tried to print again, some err tried again and the printer responded with       blank       > printouts.       > Any suggestions? It printed once so why not again?       Those patches are parts of some "leaked" version (not Dano). Nobody can       make any garanties about this stuff.       >       > Why do I have to make these links? isn't it possible just to replace the USB       > drivers?       They want to be sure about correct links ... Nothing more.              Please let us know about you success or fail with this. Good luck!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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