kudzu removes printer config if printer offline on boot

[Roger Beever]

On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 22:02, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 02:16:37PM +1000, Matt H wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:12:12 +0000, Tim Waugh wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 03:17:46PM +1000, Matt H. wrote:
> > > 
> > >> So, is this normal for kudzu to only detect the printer if it's
> > turned
> > >> on while the system boots, or is there a problem somewhere in my
> > >> configuration that will fix this?
> > > 
> > > Yes, it's normal.  The printer model is determined by actually talking
> > to
> > > the printer, so it needs power.  Note that some HP printers can do
> > this
> > > while appearing to be "off" (standby mode).
> > > 
> > > Tim.
> > > */
> > 
> > Thanks Tim. So if I boot up with the printer off, and kudzu tells me
> > that the printer has been removed, I should then choose the "Do nothing"
> > option? If I then turn on the printer when the system is up and running,
> > will I then need to run kudzu to re-add the printer? Or can this only be
> > done during booot-up? If so, would kudzu -c
> > PRINTER do it? Is it safe to do this from runlevel 5?
> > 
> This is a well known craziness that started with more sophisticated
> printers and more sophisticated operating systems. Do nothing should
> work IMHO.
> -- 
It worked for me. The catch is it remembers so the next time the printer
is turned off or in my case switched to a different machine by the USB
switch it does nothing again without asking.
Roger