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On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Paul Hartman |
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> <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> This is rather odd. For the longest, every time I had a cups update, I had |
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>>> to delete my printers then add them back again. It would not print until I |
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>>> did so. |
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>> I have to do that every time I plug my printer in... |
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>> I print so infrequently, every time I want to print I turn the printer |
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>> on and plug it into my PC, and then spend 25 minutes trying to make it |
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>> work with CUPS again. |
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> Paul, I suspect you've got a udev configuration problem. Your printer |
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> *should* get some kind of persistent symlink pointing to its device |
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> node, probably derived from its serial number. If that isn't working |
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> properly, fixing it should fix your recurring CUPS issues. If udev is |
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> behaving properly, then perhaps CUPS is latching on to something more |
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> transient. |
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IIRC the issue in my particular case is related to loading and |
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unloading the usblp module. I have an HP LaserJet 1020 and use |
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foo2zjs. Attaching the printer must be done in this order: |
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modprobe usblp |
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plug in printer |
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rmmod usblp |
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If I plug in then printer without usblp (if I have blacklisted the |
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module), it won't work. If I plug in the printer and leave usblp |
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loaded, it won't work. I must load usblp, plug in the printer and then |
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rmmod usblp. If I add the printer in CUPS when it's in the wrong |
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state, it won't work either. |
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Usually I screw around with deleting/adding the printer until I |
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remember what the solution was in the first place. :) |
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