From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 4 21:07:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C6961065698 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:07:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from srandall52@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 022948FC0C for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:07:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so2530519yxe.3 for ; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:07:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=MrcgqDegrGMgg/EYB7Si9+XFQUEepHmP/1uTyEjzOFQ=; b=Sz7Rwwi150OpE4oDRFSKshU3gsSXHFwTDXySa5+8xHK6joLMcopPI8wfkmGh/adXJd pRKWMpfKgonsEO3TinE4iNll58KQw7QpHU2tuymXcIWOj88Nlnmub1MxkNYBvkzCrZ/x pkngt1RUc6jGkIzkt0hXH/9IcEvfyCC/sDwRw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=qt2J0LS64eSiHnbY72jtQY8KG/Q9RPP4b+VLAyHspM6Rsn2uXR1jc+FCVWZ5tKzXcf H7e9Jr3erM9cWlttKDe1hX5eyZ7S9+X1fb5RnrJOsdm/Wt6iXwQMeynCaq3/1wZjXpNN JBVLjtAd/v8SJfUixWRJMZ86frUOhrHSsxxAs= Received: by 10.150.75.6 with SMTP id x6mr6302483yba.283.1259960854254; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:07:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from locust.local (adsl-71-158-210-141.dsl.wchtks.sbcglobal.net [71.158.210.141]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 15sm1749687gxk.0.2009.12.04.13.07.32 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:07:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:07:31 -0600 From: Steve Randall To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.18.3; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: The new cups ports seem to not recognize usb printers on FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:07:35 -0000 On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:49:10 -0600 eculp 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