Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:44:34 -0800 From: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: printer hp officejet pro k8600 Message-ID: <20090218074434.GQ1126@bsd.remdog.net>
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> > > Do you have devfs.rules in your /etc directory that has this contained > > within: > > > > [system=10] > > add path 'unlpt*' mode 0660 group cups > > add path 'ulpt*' mode 0660 group cups > > add path 'lpt*' mode 0660 group cups > > > > There is a whole permissions thing that has to be correct or cups > > won't play. > > > i don't have a /etc/devfs.rules only a /etc/devfs.conf > our lexmark T616 works just fine though through cups. > > i can put /etc/devfs.rules in, but would i require a reboot afterwards? When I installed cups, right at the end of the installation process, there was a notice instructing that you have to create a devfs.rules file in /etc with the above contained within. Also, there has to be this entry in the rc.conf file: devfs_system_ruleset="system" It seems to me that there was another instruction, but I can't remember what it was. I don't want to lead you down the proverbial path here, but I followed those instructions, installed both of my printers with ppd files, and everything went swimmingly. Previous to that I could never get the printers to work. I would try to print a test page and get a "permission denied" message, or some such thing. I may have saved the instructions from the installation process. I'll look for them, and if I find the whole thing I'll post it here. --Rem
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