From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 27 14:45:09 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E02D1065674 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:45:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amistry@am-productions.biz) Received: from mail.united-ware.com (am-productions.biz [69.61.164.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D2338FC25 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:45:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amistry@am-productions.biz) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (adsl-68-252-38-213.dsl.wotnoh.ameritech.net [68.252.38.213]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.united-ware.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2REhgni018286 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:43:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from amistry@am-productions.biz) From: Anish Mistry Organization: AM Productions To: "Isaac Mushinsky" Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:37:48 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200803260021.12249.itz@mushinsky.net> <200803270300.27032.amistry@am-productions.biz> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1373869.eJW5iOCMYY"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200803271037.48833.amistry@am-productions.biz> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/6416/Thu Mar 27 03:01:58 2008 on mail.united-ware.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hplip setup problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:45:09 -0000 --nextPart1373869.eJW5iOCMYY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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=20 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.=20 > > 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/ =2D-=20 Anish Mistry amistry@am-productions.biz AM Productions http://am-productions.biz/ --nextPart1373869.eJW5iOCMYY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkfrsTwACgkQxqA5ziudZT0srQCeKJNxYn9ayNoWSFuyjmRimwWq UGQAn2qrPxvlhrCU8u/Q08sxyPZZTSyR =h3yp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1373869.eJW5iOCMYY--