[Mageia-dev] What to use instead of /dev/usb/lp*

Sat Jul 28 18:28:32 CEST 2012

Am 28.07.2012 15:34, schrieb Christiaan Welvaart:
+> On Sat, 28 Jul 2012, Florian Hubold wrote:
+>
+>> Am 25.07.2012 20:05, schrieb Christiaan Welvaart:
+>>> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Jeff Robins wrote:
+>>>
+>>>> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 2:11 AM, Claire Robinson <eeeemail at gmail.com> wrote:
+>>>>> usblp is blacklisted but you may find using modprobe usblp cures it for
+>>>>> you. If it does then comment it in
+>>>>> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-cups-common.conf or remove that file.
+>>>>>
+>>>> I'll give that a try.  Is there a better/newer way to access the
+>>>> device?  I'd like to update
+>>>> and fix the program if possible.
+>>>
+>>> The blacklisting is not needed anymore with recent cups(?) according to
+>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/902970/comments/12
+>>>
+>>> so removing the file from the cups package should be the solution.
+>>>
+>>>
+>>>     Christiaan
+>>>
+>> Are you sure we have the exact same cups usb backend as
+>> in recent *buntu versions? AFAIK usblp caused some segfaults and
+>> crashes, so it was blacklisted by default. But if any program loads
+>> it explicitely, it will work.
+>
+> No, but I plan to update cups to 1.5.4 which has those fixes for usb AFAICT,
+> see http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4128 .
+Maintenance of cups is greatly appreciated, thanks ;)
+
+