[Mageia-dev] What to use instead of /dev/usb/lp*

[Christiaan Welvaart]

On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Jeff Robins wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 2:11 AM, Claire Robinson <eeeemail at gmail.com> wrote:
>> usblp is blacklisted but you may find using modprobe usblp cures it for
>> you. If it does then comment it in
>> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-cups-common.conf or remove that file.
>>
> I'll give that a try.  Is there a better/newer way to access the
> device?  I'd like to update
> and fix the program if possible.

The blacklisting is not needed anymore with recent cups(?) according to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/902970/comments/12

so removing the file from the cups package should be the solution.


     Christiaan