On Tuesday 13 March 2007 12:39:31 Till Kamppeter wrote: > Can you do the command > > ls -l /usr/lib/cups/backend* > > and post the output here? > > Can you execute all files, one after the other, in the > /usr/lib/cups/backend directory (without command line options) and post > the output here? > > > > ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Medium > Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
Here's the output of ls -l /usr/lib/cups/backend* /usr/lib/cups/backend: total 252 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7200 2007-02-22 10:31 beh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10300 2007-02-19 05:41 bluetooth -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12896 2007-03-07 08:06 canon -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13552 2007-03-07 08:06 epson -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25084 2007-02-20 11:56 hp -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7612 2007-02-20 11:56 hpfax -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 23592 2007-03-12 04:54 http -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 23592 2007-03-12 04:54 ipp -rwsr-xr-- 2 root lp 17108 2007-03-12 04:54 lpd -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12832 2007-03-12 04:54 parallel -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6704 2007-03-12 04:54 scsi -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 10892 2007-03-12 04:54 serial lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2007-03-09 13:41 smb -> ../../../bin/smbspool -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 28800 2007-03-12 04:54 snmp -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 10336 2007-03-12 04:54 socket -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 14096 2007-03-12 04:54 usb /usr/lib/cups/backend-available: total 140 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2007-03-12 06:58 http -> ipp -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 23592 2007-03-12 04:54 ipp -rwsr-xr-- 2 root lp 17108 2007-03-12 04:54 lpd -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12832 2007-03-12 04:54 parallel -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 6704 2007-03-12 04:54 scsi -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 10892 2007-03-12 04:54 serial -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 28800 2007-03-12 04:54 snmp -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 10336 2007-03-12 04:54 socket -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 14096 2007-03-12 04:54 usb End quote; As for executing the files in /usr/lib/cups/backend: hp returns information on the attached USB printer quote direct hp:/usb/photosmart_1215?serial=MY1CM851WJ0U "HP photosmart 1215" "HP photosmart 1215 USB MY1CM851WJ0U HPLIP" "MFG:HP;MDL:photosmart 1215;CLS:PRINTER;DES:photosmart 1215;SN:MY1CM851WJ0U;" End quote but all others return either no output at all or "Unknown" and the protocol descriptor. Thank you Ron Morse -- Can't add printer to Kubuntu herd 5 after cups update https://launchpad.net/bugs/91983 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
