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Bug 212898

Summary: CUPS can't see printer because /dev/usb/lp0 group owernship is incorrect
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Aron <aronparsons>
Component: [OLD] PrintingAssignee: Printing Team <printing>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Aron 2008-03-10 05:59:05 UTC
My USB printer (HP PSC 1350) is not recognized by CUPS due to incorrect group ownership of the device /dev/usb/lp0.  The group is set to 'plugdev', not 'lp' by udev.

By adding a custom rule at the end of the udev chain (e.g. 99-custom.rules) and reseting the ownership to group 'lp', things work fine.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Turn on USB printer
2. Check ownership of /dev/usb/lp0


Actual Results:  
Device is owned by 'plugdev' group, so CUPS can't access the USB printer.

Expected Results:  
Device should be owned by 'lp' group, not 'plugdev' group.

Portage 2.1.4.4 (default-linux/amd64/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.2.3, glibc-2.7-r1, 2.6.24-gentoo-r3 x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.24-gentoo-r3 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+
Timestamp of tree: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:16:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:     3.2_p33
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.5
dev-lang/python:     2.5.1-r5
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake:  1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.18-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.26
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.24
ABI="amd64"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel"
ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol"
APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias"
ARCH="amd64"
ASFLAGS_x86="--32"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CAMERAS="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CDEFINE_amd64="__x86_64__"
CDEFINE_x86="__i386__"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -msse3 -pipe"
CFLAGS_x86="-m32 -L/emul/linux/x86/lib -L/emul/linux/x86/usr/lib"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CHOST_amd64="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CHOST_x86="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CLASSPATH="."
CLEAN_DELAY="5"
COLORTERM=""
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CVS_RSH="ssh"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -msse3 -pipe"
DEFAULT_ABI="amd64"
DISPLAY=":0.0"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
ELIBC="glibc"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--verbose"
EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10"
FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O ${DISTDIR}/${FILE} ${URI}"
GCC_SPECS=""
GDK_USE_XFT="1"
GENERATION="2"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo"
HOME="/root"
INFOPATH="/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.18/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.3/info:/usr/share/info/emacs-22"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
JAVAC="/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/bin/javac"
JAVA_HOME="/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03"
JDK_HOME="/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03"
KDEDIRS="/usr:/usr/local:/usr/kde/3.5"
KDEWM="/usr/bin/fusion-icon"
KDE_IS_PRELINKED="1"
KERNEL="linux"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text"
LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--as-needed"
LDFLAGS_x86="-m elf_i386 -L/emul/linux/x86/lib -L/emul/linux/x86/usr/lib"
LESS="-R -M --shift 5"
LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
LIBDIR_amd64="lib64"
LIBDIR_x86="lib32"
LOGNAME="root"
LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.svgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
MANPATH="/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.18/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.3/man:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/man:/etc/java-config/system-vm/man/:/usr/kde/3.5/share/man:/usr/qt/3/doc/man"
MULTILIB_ABIS="amd64 x86"
MULTILIB_STRICT_DENY="64-bit.*shared object"
MULTILIB_STRICT_DIRS="/lib /usr/lib /usr/kde/*/lib /usr/qt/*/lib /usr/X11R6/lib"
MULTILIB_STRICT_EXEMPT="(perl5|gcc|gcc-lib|binutils|eclipse-3|debug|portage)"
OLDPWD="/dev"
OPENGL_PROFILE="nvidia"
PAGER="/usr/bin/less"
PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/sbin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/home/aron/scripts"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/qt/3/lib64/pkgconfig"
PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc s390 amd64 x86 ppc64 x86-fbsd m68k arm sparc sh mips ia64 alpha hppa sparc-fbsd"
PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000"
PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/bin"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_DEBUG="0"
PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/var/cache/edb/dep"
PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="log warn error"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="portage@localhost"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="[portage] ebuild log for ${PACKAGE} on ${HOST}"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root"
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save_summary echo"
PORTAGE_GID="250"
PORTAGE_INST_GID="0"
PORTAGE_INST_UID="0"
PORTAGE_IUSE="^(3dfx|adabas|alpha|alsa_cards_aoa|alsa_cards_aoa-fabric-layout|alsa_cards_aoa-onyx|alsa_cards_aoa-soundbus|alsa_cards_aoa-soundbus-i2s|alsa_cards_aoa-tas|alsa_cards_aoa-toonie|alsa_cards_armaaci|alsa_cards_at91-soc|alsa_cards_at91-soc-eti-b1-wm8731|alsa_cards_au1x00|alsa_cards_cs5535audio|alsa_cards_harmony|alsa_cards_powermac|alsa_cards_pxa2xx-i2sound|alsa_cards_pxa2xx-soc|alsa_cards_pxa2xx-soc-corgi|alsa_cards_pxa2xx-soc-poodle|alsa_cards_pxa2xx-soc-spitz|alsa_cards_pxa2xx-soc-tosa|alsa_cards_sa11xx-uda1341ts|alsa_cards_sun-amd7930|alsa_cards_sun-cs4231|alsa_cards_sun-dbri|altivec|amd64|aqua|arm|asm|birdstep|bmp|bmpx|bootstrap|build|capslib|clvm|cman|cmucl|coreaudio|crosscompile_opts_.*|dbmaker|doomsday|drac|elibc_.*|elibc_Darwin|elibc_DragonFly|elibc_FreeBSD|elibc_NetBSD|elibc_OpenBSD|elibc_glibc|elibc_uclibc|emf|empress|empress-bcs|esoob|fdftk|filepro|firebird|frontbase|gamess|gcc64|gulm|hppa|ia64|ibm|icc|icc-pgo|ifc|infopipe|informix|ingres|kernel_.*|kernel_Darwin|kernel_FreeBSD|kernel_linux|lcd_devices_svga|m68k|macbook|mips|multilib|mzscheme|n32|n64|osp|pam_console|pbbuttonsd|pfpro|plugin|ppc|ppc64|ppcsha1|psyco|pvm|real|s390|selinux|sh|solid|sparc|sparc-fbsd|svga|sybase|sybase-ct|tcc|uclibc|ultra1|userland_.*|userland_BSD|userland_Darwin|userland_GNU|video_cards_amd|video_cards_i740|video_cards_impact|video_cards_imstt|video_cards_newport|video_cards_nsc|video_cards_sunbw2|video_cards_suncg14|video_cards_suncg3|video_cards_suncg6|video_cards_sunffb|video_cards_sunleo|video_cards_suntcx|video_cards_vermilion|video_cards_xgi|vidix|vis|win32codecs|x86|x86-fbsd|xmms|yellownet)$"
PORTAGE_NICENESS="10"
PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/usr/lib64/portage/pym"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="3"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTAGE_USE="amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU"
PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/portage/local/layman/font-overlay /usr/portage/local/aron"
PRELINK_PATH_MASK="/usr/lib64/klibc"
PWD="/etc/udev/rules.d"
PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib64/portage/pym"
QMAKESPEC="linux-g++"
QTDIR="/usr/qt/3"
RESUMECOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -c -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O ${DISTDIR}/${FILE} ${URI}"
ROOT="/"
ROOTPATH="/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.2.3:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/bin:/opt/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03/jre/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/sbin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin"
RPMDIR="/usr/portage/rpm"
SANE_CONFIG_DIR="/etc/sane.d"
SHELL="/bin/bash"
SHLVL="1"
STAGE1_USE="nptl nptlonly unicode"
SUDO_COMMAND="/bin/bash"
SUDO_GID="100"
SUDO_UID="1000"
SUDO_USER="aron"
SYMLINK_LIB="yes"
SYNC="rsync://rsync21.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
TERM="xterm"
USB_DEVFS_PATH="/dev/bus/usb"
USE="3dnow X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 audiofile avahi bash-completion berkdb cairo cddb cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib css cups curl dbus dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode exif fam ffmpeg firefox flac gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm gtk hal iconv ipod isdnlog jpeg kde lame mad matroska midi mikmod mmx mp3 mp4 mpeg mplayer mudflap musicbrainz ncurses newspr nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin offensive ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png ppds pppd python qt3 qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba scanner sdl session spell spl srt sse sse2 ssl svg symlink taglib theora threads tiff truetype unicode usb videos vim-syntax vorbis x264 xcb xml xorg xv xvid xvmc zeroconf zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="*" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
USER="root"
USERLAND="GNU"
USERNAME="root"
USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CAMERAS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS USERLAND VIDEO_CARDS"
USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND"
USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:env.d"
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia"
VMHANDLE="blackdown-jdk-1.4.2"
XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/share:/usr/kde/3.5/share:/usr/local/share"
_="/usr/bin/emerge"

[ebuild   R   ] sys-fs/udev-118-r3  USE="(-selinux)" 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.24-r3  USE="symlink -build" 82 kB
[ebuild   R   ] net-print/cups-1.3.6-r1  USE="X acl avahi dbus jpeg nls pam perl png ppds python samba ssl tiff zeroconf -java -kerberos -ldap -php -slp -static" LINGUAS="-de -en -es -et -fr -he -it -ja -pl -sv -zh_TW" 0 kB
[ebuild   R   ] net-print/hplip-2.7.12-r1  USE="X ppds scanner -doc -fax -minimal -parport -snmp" 0 kB
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-03-10 09:15:03 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 201028 ***