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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cups can't see my USB printer
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 17:49:26
Message-Id: 1550425757.2776.1.camel@prh.myzen.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Cups can't see my USB printer by "Spackman
1 On Sun, 2019-02-17 at 09:43 -0500, Spackman, Chris wrote:
2 > On 2019/02/17 at 11:39am, IMAP wrote:
3 >
4 > > After a long spell of no printing, I'm trying to get my mono laser
5 > > working again. I'm in the lp group, and the USB interface seems to be
6 > > working:
7 > > # lsusb | grep Kyocera
8 > > Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0482:000e Kyocera Corp. FS-1020D Printer
9 > > But the KDE system settings applet can't see the printer, nor can
10 > > Firefox at http://localhost:631/. I've tried adding a manual
11 > > configuration, but the printer is still not found.
12 >
13 > Check the permissions on the device. I have a similar problem where for
14 > some reason the permissions on the device get changed to root:usb. It
15 > should be root:lp - at least, when I change to root:lp, the printer
16 > immediately starts working just fine.
17 >
18 > # lsusb
19 > to find the device, bus 003, device 008 in your case
20 >
21 > # ls -l /dev/bus/usb/003/008
22 > to confirm permissions
23 >
24 > # chown root:lp /dev/bus/usb/003/008
25 > to change the permissions
26 >
27 > I'm not sure when this started, but I first noticed it a few weeks
28 > ago. Not a huge issue, so I've not put much effort into trying to find
29 > the cause, I'm afraid.
30
31 Bingo!
32
33 I don't know how you found that, but I'm sure I never would.
34
35 Many thanks, Chris.
36
37 --
38 Regards,
39 Peter.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Cups can't see my USB printer Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>