Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:07:31 -0600 From: Steve Randall <srandall52@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The new cups ports seem to not recognize usb printers on FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE Message-ID: <20091204150731.689bec11@locust.local> In-Reply-To: <20091204124910.11215lzimo1iaagw@econet.encontacto.net> References: <20091202084306.121847d0zp3fztwk@econet.encontacto.net> <20091204124910.11215lzimo1iaagw@econet.encontacto.net>
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On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:49:10 -0600 eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> wrote: > At the end of this email I'm referencing a previous email that I sent > about this before checking if the problem was the new BSD stack and it > appears that it is. I just checked with my FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT laptop > and it finds the USB printer perfectly and prints as expected. It > would seem that I'm going to have to upgrade all my 7.2-STABLE servers > to either 8.0 or 9.0 that all have usb printers that are being shared > by others through cups. I assume that either of the two would be > equally problematic. I hadn't wanted to upgrade just yet but now I > see little choice. I've almost always run current on them and upgrade > less than on my laptop and have never had any major problem since 4.0 > or maybe before. That makes my upgrading seamless although a bit risky. I took me some time, but I can confirm that the new CUPS does not see USB printers on a GENERIC 7.2 kernel. It does, however, if you delete the ulpt driver from the kernel. Which you don't need anymore anyway. HTH
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