Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:37:48 -0400 From: Anish Mistry <amistry@am-productions.biz> To: "Isaac Mushinsky" <itz@mushinsky.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hplip setup problems Message-ID: <200803271037.48833.amistry@am-productions.biz> In-Reply-To: <bbe9e35d0803270722s5034eee1j5a7271192be8d568@mail.gmail.com> References: <200803260021.12249.itz@mushinsky.net> <200803270300.27032.amistry@am-productions.biz> <bbe9e35d0803270722s5034eee1j5a7271192be8d568@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thursday 27 March 2008, Isaac Mushinsky wrote: > Anish Mistry (the port maintainer) has answered below. It seems > that this is a printer defect after all then. I'll try to patch the > code to fill in the missing serial id with some fake string, and > shall report if I get the thing to work. > > Is the hp backend the only entry point to libusb, or should I have > to patch libusb? e.g. cups or sane apps, can they call libusb > directly, or only through hpaio backend? I would rather have a > patch to hplip distribution only, because libusb correctly throws > an error code for the missing serial id. But if some apps query the > device directly, the missing serial id may be a problem, they will > all have to all be patched separately. See what you can get to work, and then we can decide on what the proper fix entails. > > > It looks like there is some problem with the C42XX printers that > > is causing the serial numbers to no be reported. I got a similar > > report about a HP Photosmart C4200 series a couple weeks ago. > > Unfortunately I'm VERY busy right now. It will be a couple of > > week before I can dive into the issue. If you do happen to find > > a solution, please let me know so I can integrate it into the > > port and notify others. Thanks, > > -- > > Anish Mistry > > amistry@am-productions.biz > > AM Productions http://am-productions.biz/ -- Anish Mistry amistry@am-productions.biz AM Productions http://am-productions.biz/ [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkfrsTwACgkQxqA5ziudZT0srQCeKJNxYn9ayNoWSFuyjmRimwWq UGQAn2qrPxvlhrCU8u/Q08sxyPZZTSyR =h3yp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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