> Could you have a look at this bug. How can the Ubuntu patch work at > all given the point below? ptal-mlcd needs access to the IO ports, > doesn't it? Isn't it necessary for the daemon to start as root to get > the ports it needs and then to drop privileges?
What I think is happening is that the majority of users for hpoj are using the USB interface which works fine as non-root. ALthough there is now the hplip which is going to provide a much better USB experience for HP multi function device owners. This running as non-root doesn't effect many users. The parallel port users can't use hplip, and are thus forced to use hpoj, which is broken for parallel port use running as non-root. My intentions with the Debian package are to back out the non-root patch and leave hpoj running as root to satisfy the parallel port users. Unless we can get a non-root patch which works with the parallel port as well. Also have a look at https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11821 & http://bugs.debian.org/339584 where this is discussed. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
