2.6.9 and usb printer/filesystem problems

[podd]

I have just made the leap to dev-sources and have been overall impressed with the 2.6 kernel.
I have run up against a usb problem; my usb printer (through cups at Device URI: usb:/dev/usblp0 which is symlinked to /dev/usb/lp0 ) worked fine with 2.4.26. However, with the upgraded kernel my /dev/usb is now empty. Thus I receive the error "Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds..."

I've read and read, but the best I can gleam is the usb filesystem has changed somehow. I see that /proc/bus/usb has moved to /sys but does anyone know the location of /dev/usb or did I make a kernel misconfiguration?

dmesg:

....
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: irq 11, pci mem dc806000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2004-May-10
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 6 ports detected
usbcore: registered new driver usblp
drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
.....


Parts of my .config for 2.6.9

#
# PCI Hotplug Support
#
CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=m
...
#
# USB support
#
CONFIG_USB=y
# CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set

#
# Miscellaneous USB options
#
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
# CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OTG is not set

#
# USB Host Controller Drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
# CONFIG_USB_EHCI_SPLIT_ISO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_EHCI_ROOT_HUB_TT is not set
CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=m

#
# USB Device Class drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_AUDIO=m

#
# USB Bluetooth TTY can only be used with disabled Bluetooth subsystem
#
CONFIG_USB_MIDI=m
# CONFIG_USB_ACM is not set
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG=y
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_RW_DETECT is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200 is not set
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM=y
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_HP8200e is not set
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09=y
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT is not set

#
# USB Human Interface Devices (HID)
#
CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
# CONFIG_HID_FF is not set
CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y

#
# USB HID Boot Protocol drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_KBD=m
CONFIG_USB_MOUSE=m
# CONFIG_USB_AIPTEK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_WACOM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KBTAB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_POWERMATE is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MTOUCH is not set
# CONFIG_USB_EGALAX is not set
# CONFIG_USB_XPAD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_ATI_REMOTE is not set

#
# USB Imaging devices
#
# CONFIG_USB_MDC800 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_MICROTEK is not set
# CONFIG_USB_HPUSBSCSI is not set

#
# USB Multimedia devices
#
# CONFIG_USB_DABUSB is not set
# CONFIG_USB_VICAM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_DSBR is not set
# CONFIG_USB_IBMCAM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_KONICAWC is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OV511 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SE401 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_SN9C102 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_STV680 is not set

#
# USB Network adaptors
#
CONFIG_USB_CATC=m
CONFIG_USB_KAWETH=m
CONFIG_USB_PEGASUS=m
CONFIG_USB_RTL8150=m
CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m

#
# USB Host-to-Host Cables
#
CONFIG_USB_ALI_M5632=y
CONFIG_USB_AN2720=y
CONFIG_USB_BELKIN=y
CONFIG_USB_GENESYS=y
CONFIG_USB_NET1080=y
CONFIG_USB_PL2301=y

#
# Intelligent USB Devices/Gadgets
#
CONFIG_USB_ARMLINUX=y
CONFIG_USB_EPSON2888=y
CONFIG_USB_ZAURUS=y
CONFIG_USB_CDCETHER=y

#
# USB Network Adapters
#
CONFIG_USB_AX8817X=y

#
# USB port drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_USS720 is not set

#
# USB Serial Converter support
#
# CONFIG_USB_SERIAL is not set

#
# USB Miscellaneous drivers
#
# CONFIG_USB_EMI62 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_EMI26 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_TIGL is not set
# CONFIG_USB_AUERSWALD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_RIO500 is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LEGOTOWER is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LCD is not set
# CONFIG_USB_LED is not set
# CONFIG_USB_CYTHERM is not set
# CONFIG_USB_PHIDGETSERVO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_TEST is not set

#
# USB Gadget Support
#
# CONFIG_USB_GADGET is not set
...
bash# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
....
bash# # lspci | grep USB
0000:00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
0000:00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)

There is nothing in /var/log pertaining to usb. Even when I tail -f /var/log/everything/current and physically insert and remove the usb cable, there is no messages.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

podd

[/dev/random]

Are you using udev or devfs?

[podd]

thx /dev/random, you pointed me in the right direction

after reading http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml

i realized i was in limbo between udev and devfs. I migrated to udev as per the guide.

I also had to:
rc-update add coldplug boot