On Sun, 2019-02-17 at 09:43 -0500, Spackman, Chris wrote: > On 2019/02/17 at 11:39am, IMAP wrote: > > > After a long spell of no printing, I'm trying to get my mono laser > > working again. I'm in the lp group, and the USB interface seems to be > > working: > > # lsusb | grep Kyocera > > Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0482:000e Kyocera Corp. FS-1020D Printer > > But the KDE system settings applet can't see the printer, nor can > > Firefox at http://localhost:631/. I've tried adding a manual > > configuration, but the printer is still not found. > > Check the permissions on the device. I have a similar problem where for > some reason the permissions on the device get changed to root:usb. It > should be root:lp - at least, when I change to root:lp, the printer > immediately starts working just fine. > > # lsusb > to find the device, bus 003, device 008 in your case > > # ls -l /dev/bus/usb/003/008 > to confirm permissions > > # chown root:lp /dev/bus/usb/003/008 > to change the permissions > > I'm not sure when this started, but I first noticed it a few weeks > ago. Not a huge issue, so I've not put much effort into trying to find > the cause, I'm afraid.
Bingo! I don't know how you found that, but I'm sure I never would. Many thanks, Chris. -- Regards, Peter.
