On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Mark Jarvis
<m.jarvis@cox.net> wrote:
1) My daughter left her SanDisk iPod-type mp3 player plugged into a USB
port on my machine. When I tried to boot, the machine would not even do
a normal memory check and stopped short. Multiple times. When I finally
noticed the dern mp3 player and unplugged it, everything was fine. On
occasion I have also seen that a plugged in flash drive has messed up
the boot. Just curious--why would this happen?
Generally this happens when the BIOS has the Boot Device order/priority showing the USB device before the hard drive. BIOS then attempts to boot from the USB device and that seems to hang the system. I have seen this on maybe 6 different systems. If you do truly want to boot from a USB device, it is safer to change the order so the HD is earlier than the USB (which may not show unless one is plugged in) and then use the Boot Menu (usually F12) when yoou actually want to boot from a USB drive. And, yes, I know that was not the intent here.
2) A friend has a Canon Pixma IP 1500 printer that he's trying to get
working on his Ubuntu 9.04 installation. Although the IP 2000 is
supported, the 1500 is not. He's managed to find, download, and install
drivers for it (quite impressive for someone that is very new to Linux)
but is now stumped by a "missing filter" message. I've never had to
jump through the hoops that he's already done and don't really know
what sort of a filter could be missing. Any suggestions?
I don't remember the wording, but when setting up the "new" printer, there is a button where you can tell the installer that your model is not listed. Clicking on that will cause the system to go get more info on additional models. Has he tried that?
From the specs, the (unsupported) IP 1500 seem to be the same basic
engine as the (supported) IP 2000, just degraded slightly in speed
& memory. I've faked out systems before by telling the add printer
wizard that I really had a similar--but supported--printer, but that
was with an LPT connection. How does one do something similar with a
USB connection? (I'm hampered here in that I'm trying to help via phone
and haven't actually seen his box or the choices on his screen.) This
should be the easiest way to get him up & running.
We'll both greatly appreciate any help.
Mark Jarvis
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