Re: ippusbxd: Error: libusb init failed with error: LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER
On Fri 08 Feb 2019 at 10:04:50 +0100, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> On 07/02/2019 23:32, Brian Potkin wrote:
> > I am not reporting this as bug in Debian's package for obvious reasons.
> >
> > A Mint OS user reports getting
> >
> > Error: libusb init failed with error: LIBUSB_ERROR_OTHER
> >
> > with either of the commands 'ippusbxd' or 'sudo ippusbxd'.
> >
> > The topic is at
> >
> > https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=287446
> >
> > That's it really. Is this a misconfiguration or a bug?
> >
>
> I have an HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 and when I run ippusbxd (with or without
> "sudo" does not matter) it works normally. ippusbxd daemonizes and the
> "driverless" command lists the printer. cups-browsed sets it up
> automatically. I am using Ubuntu Cosmic currently, but it worked also on
> Bionic and Artful.
My HP ENVY4500 works with libusb 1.0.21 on Mint (which is based on
Bionic).
> The Chrome OS developers tested ippusbxd also on other, non-HP printers
> (Canon, but not Epson) and it works for them. They did a lot of
> contributions.
>
> The problem can either be an incompatibility with the Epson printer or some
> library problem in Mint. libusb version on my Ubuntu is 1.0.22 currently
> (see below).
>
> Please test also starting libusb with other printers or with no printer at
> all. Does the error then occur, too?
I'll encourage the user to test with no printer and, if necessary,
submit a bug report.
Cheers,
Brian.
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