søn, 21.11.2004 kl. 23.19 skrev Michael A. Peters: > On 11/21/2004 12:42:23 PM, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > > > > > As far as i know, a USB printer is really never turned completely > > off... > > > > Mine is. > I have a laserjet4 (JetDirect) - I rarely use the usb printer, only > when I need to so something with colour, less than once a month. > > I turn it off as in all the way off - no power at the brick. > > kudzu says it can't find it, I tell it to keep configuration, and > that's last I hear of it. > Hmm.. okay. I remember my (HP 930 C) printer used to make windows make a "device disconected" sound when turned off - and then, immediatly, a "device connected" sound. Next time you boot - will it whine then as well? > -=- > > Anyway - my point is kudzu is the RH/Fedora hardware tool. Firstboot > isn't. If there is a problem with how kudzu handles a printer, kudzu > should be fixed rather than moving detection to firstboot. > > People buy printers to replace old ones - so kudzu is where it belongs. > Maybe. But this behaviour is extremely annoying. Maybe this is one point where you *want* a manual install? Ie. that the users has to go to system-config-printer and install it? It's not like its hard or anything...