Added note to cups page about the new CUPS USB backend and usblp driver being incompatible.

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DJ Lucas 2010-09-26 04:24:42 +00:00
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<para>[dj] - Corrected Xorg font paths.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>[dj] - Added note to cups page about the new CUPS USB backend
and usblp driver being incompatible.</para>
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<screen role="root"><userinput>useradd -c "Print Service User" -d /dev/null -g lp -s /bin/false -u 9 lp</userinput></screen>
<note>
<para>If you plan to use a USB printer with
<application>CUPS</application>, do not enable the
<quote>usblp</quote> driver as either built-in or as a module in
your kernel configuration as it will cause the new
<application>CUPS</application> USB backend to fail.
<filename>/var/log/sys.log</filename> will contain entries similar to the
following:</para>
<screen>kernel: [54631.796465] usb 4-1: usbfs: interface 0 claimed by usblp while 'usb' sets config #1</screen>
<para>The kernel config option is
<parameter>CONFIG_USB_PRINTER</parameter>
and can be found in menuconfig under
<quote>Device Drivers ---> USB support --->
USB Printer support</quote>.</para>
</note>
<para>Install <application>CUPS</application> by running the
following commands:</para>
@ -176,6 +194,9 @@ ln -v -s cupsenable.8 /usr/share/man/man8/cupsdisable.8</userinput></screen>
but this is considered to be a hack by
<application>CUPS</application> developers.</para>
<!-- This should be obvious, not to mention the new problem with usblp.
Omitting completely for now.
<sect3 role="kernel" id="cups-kernel">
<title>Kernel Configuration</title>
@ -185,6 +206,7 @@ ln -v -s cupsenable.8 /usr/share/man/man8/cupsdisable.8</userinput></screen>
support</quote> for a USB printer.</para>
</sect3>
-->
<sect3 id="cups-init">
<title>Boot Script</title>