[nylug-talk] CUPS and USB port

[Jay Sulzberger]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Henning Follmann wrote:

> Flex wrote:
>> Hi,
>> my usb printer doesn't work after that I change the usb port.
>> When I try to print I receive this error : "Printer not
>> connected" and no other problems in log files.
>> If I run lsusb I can read the printer, but I'm not able to change/check
>> the port. How can I fix it ?
>> 
>
> RTFM
> Do you need someone who reads the documentation to you?
> http://www.cups.org/doc-1.1/sam.html#4_3
>
> lpadmin -v usb:/dev/usb/yourusbpath yourprintername
>
>
> Henning

This is a bug.  If code has already been written to detect which
ports have which devices on them, and also code has been written
to change the service-port table, then, in case the system is not
working as the user expects, the user should push a button to
either correct the table, or to have the system present a
readable picture of the situation, and then a menu of
modification commands.

oo--JS.