[regression] usblp module blacklisted since karmic
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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cups (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: cups
I have a Kyocera FS1000+ printer, which only has a parallel interface. However, since my mainboard does't provide a parallel interface, I use a usb2parallel adapter. Problem is now in karmic that cups blacklists usblp in /etc/modprobe.
[ 9105.581105] usb[14650]: segfault at 7fffbf14d000 ip 00007f2a9262eac4 sp 00007fffbf149818 error 4 in libc-2.
Eventually after I figured out that /dev/usb/lp0 was missing, I loaded usblp, but even with that my printer is not detected anymore. So anyone who deleted the old configuration in the mean time to let it re-detect, will have a problem now. Something like "parallel:
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- [regression] printing broken in karmic + [regression] usblp module blacklisted since karmic |
Blacklisting usblp by default is going to break a lot of users with usb -> parallel adapters, I can confirm this