Activity log for bug #1863239

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2020-02-14 11:49:03 Till Kamppeter bug added bug
2020-02-14 11:50:17 Till Kamppeter description When testing HPLIP I found out that CUPS backends can access my printer only when they are running as root, when they are running as the special user lp, as it is usually the case, they cannot access the printer. So I tried to find out why and saw that the /dev/bus/usb/*/* device file for the printer has group ownership "audio" and not "lp": till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/hplip/focal/debian/hplip-3.19.12+dfsg0$ ll /dev/bus/usb/*/* crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 Feb 11 14:17 /dev/bus/usb/001/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 2 Feb 11 14:17 /dev/bus/usb/001/003 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 3 Feb 11 14:17 /dev/bus/usb/001/004 crw-rw-r-- 1 root plugdev 189, 4 Feb 14 12:23 /dev/bus/usb/001/005 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 5 Feb 11 14:17 /dev/bus/usb/001/006 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 189, 62 Feb 14 12:37 /dev/bus/usb/001/063 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 Feb 11 14:17 /dev/bus/usb/002/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 130 Feb 13 09:38 /dev/bus/usb/002/003 till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/hplip/focal/debian/hplip-3.19.12+dfsg0$ There must be a bug somewhere in the UDEV rules. When testing HPLIP I found out that CUPS backends can access my printer only when they are running as root, when they are running as the special user lp, as it is usually the case, they cannot access the printer. So I tried to find out why and saw that the /dev/bus/usb/*/* device file for the printer has group ownership "audio" and not "lp": till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/hplip/focal/debian/hplip-3.19.12+dfsg0$ ll /dev/bus/usb/*/* crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 0 Feb 11 14:17 /dev/bus/usb/001/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 2 Feb 11 14:17 /dev/bus/usb/001/003 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 3 Feb 11 14:17 /dev/bus/usb/001/004 crw-rw-r-- 1 root plugdev 189, 4 Feb 14 12:23 /dev/bus/usb/001/005 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 5 Feb 11 14:17 /dev/bus/usb/001/006 crw-rw----+ 1 root audio 189, 62 Feb 14 12:37 /dev/bus/usb/001/063 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 128 Feb 11 14:17 /dev/bus/usb/002/001 crw-rw-r-- 1 root root 189, 130 Feb 13 09:38 /dev/bus/usb/002/003 till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/hplip/focal/debian/hplip-3.19.12+dfsg0$ The printer is the device /dev/bus/usb/001/063: till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/hplip/focal/debian/hplip-3.19.12+dfsg0$ lsusb Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 138a:0097 Validity Sensors, Inc. Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f2:b5ce Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Integrated Camera Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 006: ID 056a:50b7 Wacom Co., Ltd Pen and multitouch sensor Bus 001 Device 063: ID 03f0:7a12 HP, Inc HP OfficeJet Pro 8730 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/hplip/focal/debian/hplip-3.19.12+dfsg0$ There must be a bug somewhere in the UDEV rules.
2020-02-14 11:51:27 Till Kamppeter bug task added systemd (Ubuntu)
2020-02-14 11:51:37 Till Kamppeter systemd (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2020-02-14 11:51:51 Till Kamppeter bug task added pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
2020-02-14 11:51:58 Till Kamppeter pulseaudio (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2020-02-14 12:03:23 Till Kamppeter systemd (Ubuntu): milestone ubuntu-20.04
2020-02-14 12:03:26 Till Kamppeter pulseaudio (Ubuntu): milestone ubuntu-20.04
2020-02-14 12:03:45 Till Kamppeter bug task added libmtp (Ubuntu)
2020-02-14 12:03:52 Till Kamppeter libmtp (Ubuntu): milestone ubuntu-20.04
2020-02-14 12:03:57 Till Kamppeter libmtp (Ubuntu): importance Undecided High
2020-02-17 02:04:50 Daniel van Vugt tags focal
2020-03-13 21:54:02 Till Kamppeter libmtp (Ubuntu): importance High Critical
2020-03-13 21:54:06 Till Kamppeter pulseaudio (Ubuntu): importance High Critical
2020-03-13 21:54:09 Till Kamppeter systemd (Ubuntu): importance High Critical
2020-03-13 21:54:13 Till Kamppeter udev (Ubuntu): importance High Critical
2020-03-17 17:23:17 Dimitri John Ledkov udev (Ubuntu): status New Invalid
2020-03-17 17:24:05 Dimitri John Ledkov systemd (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2020-03-17 17:25:30 Dimitri John Ledkov pulseaudio (Ubuntu): status New Invalid
2020-03-19 18:04:16 Till Kamppeter attachment added udevadm-monitor-e-plug-hp-officejet-pro-8730-20200319-log.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/1863239/+attachment/5338953/+files/udevadm-monitor-e-plug-hp-officejet-pro-8730-20200319-log.txt
2020-03-19 18:25:43 Till Kamppeter systemd (Ubuntu): status Incomplete Invalid
2020-03-19 18:25:57 Till Kamppeter libmtp (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2020-03-19 18:38:52 Till Kamppeter tags focal focal rls-ff-incoming
2020-03-19 20:14:36 Till Kamppeter attachment added 69-libmtp.rules.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/1863239/+attachment/5339056/+files/69-libmtp.rules.patch
2020-03-19 20:15:18 Till Kamppeter tags focal rls-ff-incoming focal patch rls-ff-incoming
2020-03-19 20:37:47 Till Kamppeter attachment added 69-libmtp.rules.patch https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/1863239/+attachment/5339060/+files/69-libmtp.rules.patch
2020-03-21 18:25:16 Till Kamppeter attachment added libmtp_1.1.17-2_1.1.17-2ubuntu1.debdiff https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/1863239/+attachment/5339786/+files/libmtp_1.1.17-2_1.1.17-2ubuntu1.debdiff
2020-03-21 18:25:35 Till Kamppeter libmtp (Ubuntu): status Confirmed Fix Committed
2020-03-21 18:25:48 Till Kamppeter libmtp (Ubuntu): status Fix Committed In Progress
2020-03-21 18:26:07 Till Kamppeter bug added subscriber Ubuntu Sponsors Team
2020-03-25 13:59:44 Till Kamppeter bug watch added https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=954885
2020-03-25 14:00:29 Till Kamppeter bug task added libmtp (Debian)
2020-03-26 06:02:08 Mathew Hodson bug task deleted pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
2020-03-26 06:02:15 Mathew Hodson bug task deleted systemd (Ubuntu)
2020-03-26 06:02:20 Mathew Hodson bug task deleted udev (Ubuntu)
2020-03-26 13:00:59 Launchpad Janitor libmtp (Ubuntu): status In Progress Fix Released
2020-03-31 00:07:01 Bug Watch Updater libmtp (Debian): status Unknown Fix Released