Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:15:02 +0400 From: Sergey Akifyev <asa@agava.com> To: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: Anthony Agelastos <iqgrande@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CUPS, USB printers & "Permission Denied" Message-ID: <1151320502.1783.91.camel@asa> In-Reply-To: <200606252332.19131.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <8a6250b20606251628g5ea35843r5ccb318b15876609@mail.gmail.com> <200606251935.14267.john@jnielsen.net> <0092EAFD-5911-49DA-846E-99BB33D0C0C7@gmail.com> <200606252332.19131.lists@jnielsen.net>
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On зг, 2006-06-25 at 23:32 -0400, John Nielsen wrote: > On Sunday 25 June 2006 20:04, Anthony Agelastos wrote: > > On Jun 25, 2006, at 7:35 PM, John Nielsen wrote: > > > On Sunday 25 June 2006 19:28, Anthony Agelastos wrote: > > >> I updated CUPS and I cannot print to my USB laser printer. The web > > >> interface shows the following: > > >> > > >> hp_LaserJet_1160Le (Default Printer) "Unable to open USB device > > >> "usb:/dev/ulpt0": Permission denied" > > >> Description: Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 1160Le > > >> Location: Den > > >> Make and Model: HP LaserJet 1160 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended) > > >> Printer State: stopped, accepting jobs, published. > > >> Device URI: usb:/dev/ulpt0 > > >> > > >> Doing a `dmesg | grep ulpt0`, I get > > >> > > >> ulpt0: Hewlett-Packard hp LaserJet 1160 series, rev 1.10/1.00, > > >> addr 2, > > >> iclass 7/1 > > >> ulpt0: using bi-directional mode > > >> > > >> The printer itself works (I plugged it directly into my MacBook > > >> and it > > >> printed fine). To ensure it wasn't an awkward build error, I issued a > > >> > > >> `portupgrade -fR cups` > > >> > > >> and rebuilt it and everything it is dependent upon. Does anyone > > >> else have > > >> any ideas? I am running an early 6.1-STABLE (FreeBSD dell.home.iq > > >> 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sat May 13 01:04:32 EDT 2006 > > >> root@dell.home.iq:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IQKERNEL i386). > > > > > > Just a "me too" so far with an el cheapo Lexmark USB laser printer > > > (E210). > > > Are you using the foomatic script? I am, with a PPD from > > > linuxprinting.org. > > > > I am not sure, actually (it was so long ago, I do not remember how I > > got it working). I installed hpijs and "Make and Model" mentions > > Foomatic/hpijs, so perhaps. I am sorry I could not be of more > > assistance with this question. > > > > > I'm going to try backing up and blowing away my etc/cups dir, re- > > > updating > > > the port, reinstalling foomatic and my ppd, and see if that makes any > > > difference. I'll post whatever I learn. > > > > Thank you for posting your findings and for your quick reply. > > No luck. I basically re-installed everything (including config files and the > foomatic filters) from scratch. I also changed the permissions > on /dev/ulpt0 to be 0664 for root:cups. That prevents the permissions > error, but I still get nothing from the printer. The message that comes up > in the cups web interface when I try to print a test page is: > > "/usr/local/libexec/cups/backend/usb failed" > Could you set LogLevel debug in your /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf file, and then mail me /var/log/cups/error_log ? Whatever your problem is - the answer is there. > I did get my other printer (on a different machine) working with cups 1.2.0 > by just changing the permissions on the device node. I hadn't ever set this > printer up with cups before today, though. It's using gutenprint. > > JN -- regards, Sergey Akifyev AGAVA Software Ltd <http://agava.com>; PGP key available from: ftp://ftp.gascom.ru/pub/PGP-keys/asa.txt
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