Permissions problem prevens printers from printing (Feisty)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| udev (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: udev
Feisty stumbles on USB printer node permissons. I'm not sure what the root cause is.
Original permissions: crw-rw---- 1 root plugdev 180, 0 2007-01-19 02:44 /dev/usblp0
But I can't print due to continual "Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds." lpinfo -v doesn't list the printers and, if I try removing and adding them, cups doesn't detect them.
chmod a+rw /dev/usblp0 fixes the problem and printing is restored.
This happens for both my Epson C80 inkjet and Samsung ML-2510 laser. Printing worked 100% in Edgy so I'm confident it's not a hardware issue. I dist-upgraded to Feisty.
Similar bugs:
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Forum post: http://
| Dan Lenski (lenski) wrote | #1 |
| zolly (zolly-2004) wrote | #2 |
The problem is that the "cupsys" user does not belong to the "plugdev" group, and all printer access actually is initiated by a process running as that user.
You need to add the "cupsys" user to the "pludev" group.
I posted this solution to the dupe bug: https:/