[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#690982: Acknowledgement (Printouts are incomplete)

[Michael Biebl]

On 20.10.2012 11:48, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> Hi Michael, and thanks for your very detailed bugreport, it's greatly 
> appreciated.
> 
> Without much insight into your specific problem, would the (quite invasive) 
> attached patch solve your problem ? It's the "backport" of latest upstream 
> CUPS libusb backend over 1.5.3-2.3 .
> 
> Le samedi, 20 octobre 2012 01.03:40, Michael Biebl a écrit :
>> On a different note: I don't quite understand, by you modprobe the usblp
>> module on upgrades, but not in the init script
>>
>> If the module is needed, shouldn't you also load it when you reboot?
>> If it's not needed, why the modprobe?
> 
> Well... As far as I understand it (and I'm a young cups bird), the module 
> should either be loaded by default or on-demand. It has been blacklisted for a 
> while so the postinst ensures that a non-rebooted system upgraded through 
> these versions would get a loaded module. I think (but might be wrong), that 
> the module would otherwise be loaded.

You're right. It seems after a reboot the module was loaded
automatically / on-demand.

> 
> Looking forward for the results of the attached patch!

It seems the patch does the trick for me. I get complete printouts
again. Thanks!

For completeness sake, the relevant lsusb output is
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 04a9:1725 Canon, Inc. MP610 ser


Cheers,
Michael


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