Comment 6 for bug 174403

I'm having similar problems.

Printer: Brother HL-5150D
OS: Fresh install of kubuntu 7.10 from the "alternative" disc (text install method) - as downloaded 2008-02-09.

I'm getting various problems - they seem to be permission related.

The problem goes away when I do the following:

# cd dev
# chmod 777 usb* usb/*

I can now print. I was unable to add the printer until I did this.

As soon as I reboot, the problem returns. The problem must be with hal/dbus setting the permissions wrong, and I'm sure I can fix it with a bit more effort. I'm reporting this as a bug because it's a fresh install, so I assume its not something I've done

Thanks,

Mark

Versions of CUPS programs installed:

ii cups-pdf 2.4.6-3ubuntu10 PDF printer for CUPS
ii cupsys 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
ii cupsys-bsd 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD comman
ii cupsys-client 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client pro
ii cupsys-common 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common fil
ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.1-0ubuntu8 printer drivers for CUPS
ii gnome-cups-manager 0.31-3ubuntu5 CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME
ii hal-cups-utils 0.6.13+svn83-0ubuntu1 CUPS integration with HAL
ii libcupsimage2 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - image libs
ii libcupsys2 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs
ii libgnomecups1.0-1 0.2.2-5ubuntu1 GNOME library for CUPS interaction
ii libgnomecupsui1.0-1c2a 0.31-3ubuntu5 UI extensions to libgnomecups
ii python-cups 1.9.27-0ubuntu1 Python bindings for CUPS
ii hal 0.5.9.1-6ubuntu5 Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii hal-info 20070618-1ubuntu3 Hardware Abstraction Layer - fdi files
ii libhal-storage1 0.5.9.1-6ubuntu5 Hardware Abstraction Layer - shared library
ii libhal1 0.5.9.1-6ubuntu5 Hardware Abstraction Layer - shared library