Re: Re: Printing stopped working on Debian testing
> On 7/3/06, Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk> wrote:
> > Joshua McGee wrote:
> > > Printing stopped working overnight on Debian testing,
> > [ ... ]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > May be a result of an upgrade. There is a bug report at
> >
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=351668
> >
> > Check that eg lp0 exists in /dev. If not
> >
> > # modprobe lp
> >
> > If this works, add lp to /etc/modules to ensure it is loaded at next
> reboot.
> >
> > Hth,
> > Chris.
>
> Paul Mills:
> > Changes list indicates a number of configuration changes. In my case,
> > the easiest thing to do was to purge cupsys, then reinstall. Then all
> > was OK.
>
> Thanks, I was able to get it to work by following Chris' advice, then
> purging cupsys, reinstalling, then reinstalling printconf, which found
> my printer. I can now print to the queue created by printconf.
>
Maybe some of the suggestion in a thread I sarted "/dev/lp0 rights and CUPS" might have helped. I had to add lp to /etc/modules and mess with the rights of /dev/lp0 in udev to get it working.
All this purging reinstalling stuff reminds me of how I "solve" problems in Windows. Ugh. This printing/udev bug has been a really anoying experience for me, especially since no one seems to have really gotten to the bottom of it.
Chris
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