Thanks Himanshu,

That's the correct analysis. The trouble with kernel specific binaries. But I
was able to finally solve the problem, in a different fashion altogether.
Someone told me that there is a printer made by Samsung which has about the same
specifications. Based on that lead I googled the web and found out a printer
much similar to this one by Xerox. This was Samsung ML-6040. Looked pretty much
same as well. Next I looked for this printer in the mandriva's 'Printerdrake'
database. And to my relief, the printer was listed. I simply used this
printer's drivers for my xerox. It worked ! And worked perfectly well. I am
really happy. So in a way I fooled my system in thinking that I am using the
Samsung printer instead of Xerox :-)

Cool isn't it.

Cheers
-Tarun



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H. Chauhan" <hs.chauhan@...>
> To: SunCityJodhpurLUG@...
> Subject: Re: [SunnyLUG] Xerox Phaser 3117 Laser Printer not working on Linux
> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:12:13 +0530
>
>
> Hello Tarun!
>
> I faced the same problem just a few days back. I bought a new web camera for
> my small "robotic eye". It was cool, nice looking, tiny webcam. My first
> question to the vendor was if that would work
> with linux. The box said it would and I too happily bought that camera for
> 750 bucks. I came to
> home popped in the CD and was little luckier than you as I had install.sh in
> place. I ran the script
> and the "insmod" denied to load that little binary driver!
>
> My point is the vendors are providing the the binary versions of the
> drivers, which _won't_ work
> on the system that are not *exact* copy of the systems they were built on.
> For which the chances
> are miniscule. I also wrote to the vendor of the webcam for the new version
> or the source code so
> that I can compile the driver myself against my kernel version. But to no
> avail.
>
> Just to quote Linus on the same topic:
> "I allow binary-only modules, but I want people to know that they are _only_
> ever expected to work
> on the one version of that kernel that they were compiled for. Anything else
> is just a very nice
> unexpected bonus if it happens to work."
>
> This is what I did in my case -- I happily returned the webcam back and
> bought the linux compliant
> Logitech quickcam which is serving my purpose. And only other way I can
> think of is reverse
> engineering.
>
> May be you will have to search for another printer?
>
> Anyways, best of luck!
>
> Regards
> --Himanshu
>
> On 3/10/06, Tarun Kant <tarunkant@...> wrote:
> >
> > H i All,
> >
> > I have recently bought a new Xerox Phaser 3117 laser printer for my
> > office. The advertisement and the printer brochure all were loudly claiming
> > Linux support and full compatibility and I gladly bought it.
> >
> > Tried installing the printer on my office PC running Mandriva LE 2005. The
> > printer was auto detected but the model was not listed. Infact none of the
> > models from the Phaser range is listed in the driver database on Mandriva.
> >
> > Next I tried following the instructions given in user manual. To my
> > disappointment the file 'setup.sh' is missing from the software CD that
> > came with the printer. Though the CD face clearly mentions both Linux and
> > Windows on it. I wrote to the company, but did not receive any reply back.
> >
> > Tried a lot of different things, but could not make the printer to work.
> > Has any one got any idea on what to do now or experience with this printer
> > model. Please let me know if anyone can help.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Tarun
> >
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Tarun Kant, M.Sc., Ph.D. -o)
Scientist C /\\
Biotechnology Laboratory _\_V
Forest Genetics & Tree Breeding Division
Arid Forest Research Institute
New Pali Road
Jodhpur 342005 India
Phone: +91-291-2722269 ext. 162
Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/bobkant/
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