HAL Backend

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Mon Aug 30 07:15:46 PDT 2010


kavin wrote:

> HI,
> 
>     I am using Red Hat server Enterprises Edition 5 linux.and i am using
>     cups 1.3.7. whenever i connecting any usb printer , my system auto
>     detects with hal backend instead of usb backend. i need the usb
>     printer should detect with usb backend.How do resolve this one.Even i
>     used cups 1.4.0,in this case it wont detect any usb printer.
> 
> Regards
> Sivakumar.N

Make sure the default usb backend is properly installed. Then disable the 
hal backend by moving it out of cups' backend directory and then restart 
cups.

Helge





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