Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: cups
I have a Kyocera FS1000+ printer, which only has a parallel interface.
However, since my mainboard does't provide a parallel interface, I use a
usb2parallel adapter. Problem is now in karmic that cups blacklists
usblp in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-cups.conf. So without notification,
old printer configurations will be broken. Users will be very happy to
see their printing broke after the update to karmic and they won't have
an idea what happened. I don't know if printer detection works with
native usb printers, but it doesn't work at all with my usb2parallel
adapter. If I try to detect a printer:
[ 9105.581105] usb[14650]: segfault at 7fffbf14d000 ip 00007f2a9262eac4
sp 00007fffbf149818 error 4 in libc-2.10.1.so[7f2a925ac000+166000]
Eventually after I figured out that /dev/usb/lp0 was missing, I loaded
usblp, but even with that my printer is not detected anymore. So anyone
who deleted the old configuration in the mean time to let it re-detect,
will have a problem now. Something like "parallel:/dev/usb/lp0" is not
obvious to people not configuring printers each and every day.
** Affects: cups (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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[regression] printing broken in karmic
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436495
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