Comment 72 for bug 420015

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Roland Hughes (original-seasoned-geek) wrote : Re: [Bug 420015] Re: usblp Kernel module needs to be removed and /dev/bus/usb/*/* made accessible for USB printers to work with CUPS 1.4.x

The only real fix is to switch to either Parallel or Network printers. This
USB stuff is a looooooong way from being sorted out. Just wait until they try
to get the USB KVM switches working again. They worked with all prior
versions, but are a paperweight now.

On Wednesday 02 September 2009 10:16:52 am Truthiswithin wrote:
> not fixed here... added the string to apparmor, restart apparmor, now
> even the workaround doesn't work... and why can't I see my usb devices
> by just running lsusb all of a sudden? now I need to be root to see
> them. Anyway, here's dmesg:
>
> [ 879.056259] usb 8-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
> address 5 [ 879.234868] usb 8-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [ 880.463416] type=1503 audit(1251904396.308:197): operation="open"
> pid=5409 parent=5405 profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd" requested_mask="r::"
> denied_mask="r::" fsuid=0 ouid=0 name="/dev/bus/usb/"
>
> And the Admin>Printing says the printer is "unplugged or turned off"
>

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