oh, wait, I've got a bigger problem... now lsusb gives no output unless I sudo lsusb... here's dmesg when I insert the printer:
[ 1082.568088] usb 8-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 [ 1082.742064] usb 8-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 1082.751968] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0005 [ 1083.993956] type=1503 audit(1251824472.876:43): operation="open" pid=10752 parent=10748 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" requested_mask="r::" denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 ouid=0 name="/dev/bus/usb/" -- usblp Kernel module needs to be removed and /dev/bus/usb/*/* made accessible for USB printers to work with CUPS 1.4.x https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420015 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs