Re: libusb

[Weaver <weaver@riseup.net>]

On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:53:08 +1100
Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 07/10/11 16:32, Weaver wrote:
> > On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:39:21 +1100
> > Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 07/10/11 15:23, Weaver wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:49:24 +0000 (UTC)
> >>> Camale�n <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> <snip>
> >>>
> >>>>>> libusb++-dev
> >>>
> >>> O.K., I've installed libusb-dev, but also libcupsimage2-dev which
> >>> is also required
> >>>
> >> <snipped>
> >>
> >>
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> "Printer queue setup failed. Could not connect to CUPS Server
> >>> Is user added to "lpadmin" group(s)"
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> ..and when I hit 'enter' from there, I get returned to the Desktop
> >>> 'user' prompt. An abort. That looks like a permissions issue.
> >>>
> >>> Further, when I attempt, as root, to call up hp-setup to configure
> >>> it that way, I get:
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> weaver@192-168-1-2:~$ su
> >>> Password: 
> >>> root@192-168-1-2:/home/weaver# hp-setup
> >>>
> >>> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.10)
> >>> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0
> >>>
> >>> Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
> >>> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> >>> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
> >>> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
> >>>
> >>> No protocol specified
> >>> hp-setup: cannot connect to X server :0.0
> >>
> >>
> >> As root that is default...
> >>
> >>> root@192-168-1-2:/home/weaver# 
> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>> Which appears to be another issue again.
> >>> So, what is happening here?
> >>>
> >>> I tried to resolve the permissions issue, but I'm just getting
> >>> into CLI and couldn't make heads or tails of anything. I tried
> >>> all sorts of command combinations for a period of about a week,
> >>> but the computer basically said 'Go away, you're too stupid and I
> >>> don't want to deal with you'. 
> 
> A talking computer?
> Best not to configure software when eating 'those' mushrooms.... ;-p
> 
> >> As lpadmin doesn't seem to be a package,
> >>
> >>
> >> Are you a member of the lpadmin group?
> >> eg.:-
> >> $ adduser david lpadmin
> > 
> > weaver@192-168-1-2:~$ groups
> > weaver cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev lpadmin
> > weaver@192-168-1-2:~$ 
> > 
> >>
> >> If so have you logged out and logged back in?
> 
> Sorry - had to ask.

No problem here.
Assume that I am a bear of very little brain.
You won't be too far out.
> 
> > 
> > Completely restarted the machine.
> > Exactly the same result.
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Weaver.
> > 
> 
> Is this a local printer (attached by a USB cable)....? If so, why the
> cups server?

Because I intend to network it a bit further down the track.
I've got a laptop here as well as the PC, but I want to get in other
boxes/OS's to become more familiar with networking.
> 
> K. If you don't post as [Solved] by Sunday night I'll have another
> think.

Thanks for the effort.
Obliged.

Weaver.

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