On Fri 08 Feb 2019 at 10:04:50 +0100, Till Kamppeter wrote: > On 07/02/2019 23:32, Brian Potkin wrote: > > I am not reporting this as bug in Debian's package for obvious reasons. > > > > A Mint OS user reports getting > > > > Error: libusb init failed with error: LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER > > > > with either of the commands 'ippusbxd' or 'sudo ippusbxd'. > > > > The topic is at > > > > https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=287446 > > > > That's it really. Is this a misconfiguration or a bug? > > > > I have an HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 and when I run ippusbxd (with or without > "sudo" does not matter) it works normally. ippusbxd daemonizes and the > "driverless" command lists the printer. cups-browsed sets it up > automatically. I am using Ubuntu Cosmic currently, but it worked also on > Bionic and Artful.
My HP ENVY4500 works with libusb 1.0.21 on Mint (which is based on Bionic). > The Chrome OS developers tested ippusbxd also on other, non-HP printers > (Canon, but not Epson) and it works for them. They did a lot of > contributions. > > The problem can either be an incompatibility with the Epson printer or some > library problem in Mint. libusb version on my Ubuntu is 1.0.22 currently > (see below). > > Please test also starting libusb with other printers or with no printer at > all. Does the error then occur, too? I'll encourage the user to test with no printer and, if necessary, submit a bug report. Cheers, Brian.
