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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Cups can't see my USB printer
From:       Mick <michaelkintzios () gmail ! com>
Date:       2019-02-17 22:59:22
Message-ID: 2405322.i26QSuiSAi () dell_xps
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On Sunday, 17 February 2019 17:49:17 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sun, 2019-02-17 at 09:43 -0500, Spackman, Chris wrote:
> > On 2019/02/17 at 11:39am, IMAP wrote:
> > > After a long spell of no printing, I'm trying to get my mono laser
> > > working again. I'm in the lp group, and the USB interface seems to be
> > > working:
> > > # lsusb | grep Kyocera
> > > Bus 003 Device 008: ID 0482:000e Kyocera Corp. FS-1020D Printer
> > > But the KDE system settings applet can't see the printer, nor can
> > > Firefox at http://localhost:631/. I've tried adding a manual
> > > configuration, but the printer is still not found.
> > 
> > Check the permissions on the device. I have a similar problem where for
> > some reason the permissions on the device get changed to root:usb. It
> > should be root:lp - at least, when I change to root:lp, the printer
> > immediately starts working just fine.
> > 
> > # lsusb
> > to find the device, bus 003, device 008 in your case
> > 
> > # ls -l /dev/bus/usb/003/008
> > to confirm permissions
> > 
> > # chown root:lp /dev/bus/usb/003/008
> > to change the permissions
> > 
> > I'm not sure when this started, but I first noticed it a few weeks
> > ago. Not a huge issue, so I've not put much effort into trying to find
> > the cause, I'm afraid.
> 
> Bingo!
> 
> I don't know how you found that, but I'm sure I never would.
> 
> Many thanks, Chris.

Hmm ... could it be some udev rule changed things around recently?  I have no 
USB printer here to check, although there is a USB scanner hiding somewhere.  
Probably worth filing a bug.

-- 
Regards,
Mick
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