Bug#697331: installation-reports: Printer not working / recognised - Fixed
Clarification :
Adding "user1" to the lpadmin group was required to add the printer in CUPS (otherwise after entering the user name and password the operation is "forbidden"), not for printing.
Test : remove user1 from lpadmin & print
root?
root? id user1
uid=1000(user1) gid=1000(user1) groupes=1000(user1),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),103(scanner),106(netdev),113(lpadmin)
root? deluser user1 lpadmin
Suppression de l'utilisateur « user1 » du groupe « lpadmin »...
Fait.
root? id user1
uid=1000(user1) gid=1000(user1) groupes=1000(user1),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),103(scanner),106(netdev)
and I still can print (from libreoffice writer)
But still puzzling is the fact that the BX300F was usable "plug n'print/scan" in
squeeze-custom-amd64-0315.iso (gnome version; downloaded from http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/ ). I had no need to get into CUPS to add the printer, and anyway I would have had the same "forbidden" problem to access CUPS as the user is not in lpadmin group !
I tested it on that version.
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Log from squeeze-custom-amd64-0315 :
root? id user1
uid=1000(user1) gid=1000(user1) groupes=1000(user1),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),109(netdev),110(bluetooth),116(scanner)
and no way to add a printer using CUPS ! ("forbidden")
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So, adding the user in lpadmin would be a workaround for a manual installation of the printer, not really a "plug n'print" solution.
More info :
squeeze-custom-gnome uses HAL
wheezy-xfce uses UDEV
I found some similar/related problem on
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfprint4/+bug/472656
but is is (should be) fixed in xfprint4 (4.6.1-3) which is currently installed.
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