[cups.general] cups hanging when initializing backend

[Hatto von Hatzfeld]

Hatto von Hatzfeld wrote:

> Johannes Meixner wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 27 05:44 Hatto von Hatzfeld wrote (shortened):
>>> My cups server quite often (not always) fails to initialize the printer
>>> connected to /dev/lp0 ("Backend did not respond within 30 seconds!").
>> ...
>>> DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
>> ...
>>> OS: SuSE 9.2
>> 
>> Make sure that the parallel port stuff is ready to operate
>> (in particular that the the kernel modules are loaded)
>> before CUPS starts.
>> 
>> See
>> http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Dec/2640.html
> 
> After having inserted a "modprobe lp" in /etc/init.d/boot.local the
> problem did not occur any more. Thanks!

Shit happens - the first time I booted the PC after my last posting the
problem occured again :-(

Any suggestions?

Hatto
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