Ubuntu
hplip package

hplip only searches for printers in /dev/usb/*, but the device is /dev/usblp0

Bug #28797 reported by Ben Monnahan
4
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
hplip (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Scott James Remnant (Canonical)

Bug Description

This is with dapper since I upgraded from breezy a week or so ago. If I create a symlink everything works fine. This might be a bug with udev or whatever creates the dev file if it really should be /dev/usb/lp0.

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J (dontjimmyme) wrote :

Fix at http://pearls.tuxedo-es.org/patches/ubuntu-all/hplip-udev-fix.patch, now testing and re-building packages.

Please apply.

Cheers.

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essexman (ralphsmail) wrote :

The link to the fix is broken - page not found

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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote :

Fixed and uploaded, thanks for the patch

Changed in hplip:
assignee: nobody → keybuk
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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