HELP! lost my USB ports

[andrewhicks]

Hi,

Need some help here. Not sure whether this falls under software or hardware, but trust the Mods to move it.

I have a Conon s450 that is hooked up to a DUoConnect (Adaptec) dual USB/Firewire card in my old beige G3 (with G4 450 zif upgrade). I was happily printing until recent upgrades of the system. Canon drivers were not doing anything for me, so I installed Gimp print, which worked fine, except the colours are too saturated, and printing plain text takes a long time (like its printing an image).

I decided to uninstall Gimp print to re-try the latest Canon drivers for the s450, and followed the Gimp print instructions for removing the software (using the terminal).

Now, the problem is that I can not see the printer via the USB port. When trying to use print center to install the printer, no priinters are visible. I tired to go back and install Gimp print (4.2.5), but the USB port is not visible, and I cannot add an new printer.

So, Does anyone out there know what I can do to "see" the printer via the USB port? What could have gone wrong, and can it be fixed without a system re-install?

I have a mouse and bluetooth adapter plugged into the USB ports so they work, as does the Firewire port, but I cannot see the printer.

Thanks
Andrew

 

[symphonix]

Can you see the printer and USB ports listed in Apple System Profiler under the devices and volumes tab?

 

[andrewhicks]

Not under the USB section. But under the PCI card section I can see the PCI card and the 3 USB ports and the 2 firewire ports. There are no devices connected though.

I dont see the USB hub that has the mouse and bluetooth and scanner (canon N670U) connected, and I dont see the printer either connected to the hub or through one of the other USB ports on the card.

What puzzles me is that I was able to see this before, and did install the printer, but that once I removed the printer from within print centre initially (before removing the gimp print files as well through the terminal) I am not able to see the printer connected again.

Andrew