[cups] Setup cups and Brother HL-4150CDN on FreeBSD 10

Helge Blischke HelgeBlischke at web.de
Mon Jun 9 05:25:29 PDT 2014


Try to set the permissions of the usb backend (usually in /usr/lib/ 
cups/backend)
to 0700 and try again.

Helge

Am 08.06.2014 um 17:41 schrieb Willy Offermans:

> Dear cups and freebsd friends,
>
> I'm trying to setup CUPS on FreeBSD 10. I managed to install the  
> software
> and I managed to make the printer available to the OS via /dev/ulpt0:
>
> from messages:
> <snip>
> ...
> Jun  8 17:16:13 donald kernel: ugen1.2: <Brother> at usbus1
> Jun  8 17:16:13 donald kernel: ulpt0: <Brother HL-4150CDN series,  
> class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
> Jun  8 17:16:13 donald kernel: ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
> Jun  8 17:16:13 donald kernel: ulpt0: offline
> ...
> </snip>
>
> from ll /dev/ulpt0
>
> crw-rw----  1 root  cups  - 0x65 Jun  8 17:16 /dev/ulpt0
>
> If I executed the following command:
>
> echo 'true' > /dev/ulpt0
>
> then the printer reacts and shows that data is transferred to the  
> printer.
>
> However, if I try to add the printer to CUPS via the web-interface,  
> then
> the printer is not detectable. I would expect the printer to be  
> found after
> searching. I can find an error message in error_log:
>
> <snip>
> ...
> E [08/Jun/2014:17:37:53 +0200] [Client 15] Invalid peer credentials  
> for "root" - got 8, expected 0!
> ...
> </snip>
>
> I'm not sure if this is related to the fact that the printer cannot be
> detected.
>
> If I add the printer manually to the printer.conf file:
>
> </Printer>
> <Printer BHL4150CDN_2>
> UUID urn:uuid:de11cfc5-3cbd-361e-5750-8b0e3f0ff4ad
> AuthInfoRequired none
> Info Brother HL-4150CDN series
> Location attic
> MakeModel Brother HL-4150CDN series CUPS
> DeviceURI usb:/dev/ulpt0
> State Idle
> StateTime 1402241099
> Type 8392780
> Accepting Yes
> Shared No
> JobSheets none none
> QuotaPeriod 0
> PageLimit 0
> KLimit 0
> OpPolicy default
> ErrorPolicy stop-printer
> </Printer>
>
> then I still cannot print to the printer.
>
> Does anyone has a clue what is going on? Or how can I debug this  
> problem?
>
>
> -- 
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
> With kind regards,
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
> De jrus wah,
>
> Wiel
>
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