[Discussion] USB to parallel cable observation

[Carl Gehr]

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:23:32 -0800 (PST), Leo A. Martin wrote:

>Just an observation... I'm running eCS 1.2R. My computer has no parallel
>port so I bought a USB to parallel cable. I couldn't get the box to
>recognize the printer.
>
>I upgraded the SDD video drivers to the current one and the printer now
>works.

I have a worse situation!

I have a new system with a fresh eCS 2.0 RC5.  It should have all the
latest drivers, video and otherwise.

If I have the USB/Parallel device plugged at boot-time, the system
HANGS completely. Now, it may be related to the video driver [the
latest SNAP], because the next expected set of messages on the screen
during the boot, would be the SNAP messages.  [It is possible that the
messages indicating loading of the UNICODE may also be missing, but I
can't remember for sure.]  Unplugging the USB/Parallel and restarting
the boot and it works fine.

If I wait to plug the USB/Parallel in until after the boot is complete,
then the printer is not recognized... similar to what you described.

Carl