Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-05-12 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 08:18:10 -0700, Nick Jacobs wrote: > > > Florian Kulzer-3 wrote: > > > > As far as I understand udev, it should always use the lowest free lpX > > node for a new printer. > > > That's just the problem, it doesn't always. If it did that consistently, > nobody would have h

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-05-12 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 08:18:10AM -0700, Nick Jacobs wrote: > > > Florian Kulzer-3 wrote: > > > > As far as I understand udev, it should always use the lowest free lpX > > node for a new printer. > > > That's just the problem, it doesn't always. If it did that consistently, > nobody would have

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-05-12 Thread Nick Jacobs
Florian Kulzer-3 wrote: > > As far as I understand udev, it should always use the lowest free lpX > node for a new printer. > That's just the problem, it doesn't always. If it did that consistently, nobody would have had a problem when upgrading from devfs/hotplug. It looks to me as though we h

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-05-07 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 07:34:30 -0700, Nick Jacobs wrote: > Graham Seaman wrote: > > > > After upgrading the server to etch (without any major problems) cups no > > longer sees the printer. Cups is running ok, and knows about the > > printer, but the web interface always displays the message: >

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-05-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 07:34:30AM -0700, Nick Jacobs wrote: > > > Graham Seaman wrote: > > > > After upgrading the server to etch (without any major problems) cups no > > longer sees the printer. Cups is running ok, and knows about the > > printer, but the web interface always displays the me

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-05-05 Thread Nick Jacobs
Graham Seaman wrote: > > After upgrading the server to etch (without any major problems) cups no > longer sees the printer. Cups is running ok, and knows about the > printer, but the web interface always displays the message: > > " HL5040 (Default Printer) "Printer not connected; will retry i

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-05-01 Thread graham
Hi Florian, Unfortunately, I ran out of time to work on this. So I have abandoned my print server and temporarily moved to using the printer as a local printer attached to the parallel port on my workstation. When it gets sufficiently annoying not to be able to print from other machines I wil

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-04-30 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 00:56:24 +0100, graham wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] >> Compare a directory listing before and after you plug in the printer if >> necessary. You can use something like >> find /dev/ | sort > before.txt >> < plug in the printer > >> find /dev/ | sort > after.txt >>

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-04-29 Thread graham
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 20:32:59 +0100, graham wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: find /dev/ -name usblp0 -exec ls -l {} \; ^ I'd still like to see the output of the above command just to be sure. Oops, sorry thought I'd checked this

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-04-29 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 20:32:59 +0100, graham wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > find /dev/ -name usblp0 -exec ls -l {} \; >>^ >> I'd still like to see the output of the above command just to be sure. > > Oops, sorry thought I'd checked this but I had

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-04-29 Thread graham
Florian Kulzer wrote: find /dev/ -name usblp0 -exec ls -l {} \; ^ I'd still like to see the output of the above command just to be sure. Oops, sorry thought I'd checked this but I hadn't. /dev/usblp0 does not exist. There is a /dev/usb/lp0, however.

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-04-29 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 14:31:24 +0100, graham wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 23:08:39 +0100, graham wrote: > >> Just to be sure: Run >> apt-get --purge remove hotplug >> (Plain "remove" leaves configuration files on the system; "--purge" gets >> rid of them.) > > OK, do

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-04-29 Thread graham
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 23:08:39 +0100, graham wrote: Just to be sure: Run apt-get --purge remove hotplug (Plain "remove" leaves configuration files on the system; "--purge" gets rid of them.) OK, done. Following which I power cycled the printer and rebooted the s

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-04-29 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 23:08:39 +0100, graham wrote: > Hi Florian, > > Thanks for the response! Answers inline below: basically everything seems > to be right - but cups still thinks the printer is paused... > > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 15:18:52 +0100, graham wrote: >>> Hi

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-04-28 Thread graham
Hi Florian, Thanks for the response! Answers inline below: basically everything seems to be right - but cups still thinks the printer is paused... Florian Kulzer wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 15:18:52 +0100, graham wrote: Hi, I have a server running cups, with a wireless usb connector conn

Re: usb/cups printer problem after etch upgrade

2007-04-28 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 15:18:52 +0100, graham wrote: > Hi, > > I have a server running cups, with a wireless usb connector connected to a > remote Brother 5040 laser printer. It's always worked fine, modulo a little > crackle on the television when printing ;-) > > After upgrading the server to