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From: William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] usb printer disappears on cups upgrade
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 03:21:52
Message-Id: 51FC773D.1060905@iinet.net.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] usb printer disappears on cups upgrade by Bruce Hill
1 On 03/08/13 10:48, Bruce Hill wrote:
2 > On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 10:23:25AM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
3 >> I have a long running machine with a local epson usb printer using the
4 >> kernel lpusb
5 >>
6 >> Using cups <=1.5.2-r4 I can print ... upgrade to 1.6.2-r* and cups cant
7 >> see the usb printer. The only errors in the cups log are to do with
8 >> systemd service files which I masked a couple of days ago - the usb
9 >> problem was happening before though.
10 >>
11 >> I tried both with and without the kernel module and usb use flag with no
12 >> difference. I cant create a new printer in 1.6.2 because the usb port
13 >> doesnt show up at all.
14 >>
15 >> [ebuild U ] net-print/cups-1.6.2-r5 [1.5.2-r4] USE="X dbus filters
16 >> gnutls java pam python ssl threads -acl -debug -kerberos -lprng-compat%
17 >> (-selinux) -static-libs -usb -xinetd -zeroconf% (-avahi%*) (-jpeg%*)
18 >> (-ldap%*) (-perl%*) (-png%*) (-slp%*) (-tiff%*)" LINGUAS="-ca% -es -fr%
19 >> -ja% -ru%" 0 kB
20 >> [ebuild N ] net-print/cups-filters-1.0.34-r1 USE="jpeg perl png
21 >> tiff -static-libs -zeroconf" 0 kB
22 >>
23 >> Everything looks ok, suggestions welcome.
24 >>
25 >> BillK
26 >
27 > You have USB turned off in USE ... -usb
28 >
29
30 Thats because I am using the kernel lsusb module. The other way is to
31 not use the kernel module and enable usb on the cups build - Ive tried
32 both ways and neither work on 1.6.2 - the kernel module works on 1.5.4
33 and I seem to remember thats the reccomended choice unless you are using
34 a manufacturers driver like the HP one.
35
36 Oh, and Ive accidentally tried both together on a few upgrades and that
37 has not worked for some time.
38
39 BillK