> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:blfs-support- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stuart Stegall > Sent: Monday, 08 November, 2010 08:37 > To: BLFS Support List > Subject: Re: cant find usb printer (cups-1.4.4) > > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Nathan Coulson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:39 PM, bendeguz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 06:29:31PM -0400, linux fan wrote: > >>> On 10/6/10, bendeguz <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > Do you have any suggestion? > >>> > >>> A careful read of > >>> http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3357+P0+S-2+C0+I0+E0+M20+Qusblp > >>> HPLIP (and soon perhaps more manufacturer-supplied backends) > >>> is libusb-based, it grabs the device and takes it away from the > >>> usblip-based usb backend of. > >>> > >>> Leads me to wonder if non-HP users should compile usbprinter into > >>> kernel, or as a module to experiment if it works (with option to > >>> rmmod). > >>> > >>> It has always been hard enough to install cups. I don't see that there > >>> was a need for it to be made more so. > >>> -- > >> > >> sorry boys and girls, but I don't have time for experimenting with this > >> (and it's not so important for me to get printing working now) > >> > >> anyway, thanks for the help > >> > >> regards > >> -- > > > > What I read, was that they (cups) changed to a new usb backend, which > > fails to grab printers. AFAIK, nothing to do specifically w/ the > > hplip drivers. > > > > -- > > Nathan Coulson (conathan) > > ------ > > Location: Brittish Columbia, Canada > > Timezone: PST (-8) > > Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com > > -- > > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > > > I believe that's just a matter of linking it to the current libusb > library. (previously it used the old API libusb.) > -- It would be good if cups stated clearly what their preferred option is:
1. Use internal cups usb backend code 2. Use old libusb for usb backend 3. Use new libusb for usb backend This seems to have been in a state of confusion since cups-1.4.0 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
