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

[Florian Hubold]

Am 28.07.2012 15:34, schrieb Christiaan Welvaart:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2012, Florian Hubold wrote:
>
>> Am 25.07.2012 20:05, schrieb 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
>>>
>> Are you sure we have the exact same cups usb backend as
>> in recent *buntu versions? AFAIK usblp caused some segfaults and
>> crashes, so it was blacklisted by default. But if any program loads
>> it explicitely, it will work.
>
> No, but I plan to update cups to 1.5.4 which has those fixes for usb AFAICT,
> see http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4128 .
Maintenance of cups is greatly appreciated, thanks ;)