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warnec

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-06-22

Posts: 166

[SOLVED]Arch can't see my printer

Hi. I bought a new shiny HP F735 printer, mostly because of the good support of HP over the Linux community.

I wanted to set it up today, but after installing all the dependencies required by hp-check (excluding PolicyKit, but I think I got all of the polkit pkgs installed...) hp-setup command told me that there are no printers. I tried lsusb, and that's all I got:

[warnec@chakra-desktop ~]$ lsusb
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 1532:0109 Razer USA, Ltd Lycosa Keyboard
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 046d:c049 Logitech, Inc. G5 Laser Mouse
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Hi-Speed 21-in-1 Flash Card Reader/Writer (Internal/External)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0424:2504 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
[warnec@chakra-desktop ~]$

All of my hardware seems to be recognized perfectly, but the printer. I tried to turn it on first before switching on the PC, swapping USB ports, all to no avail. It runs perfect on Win XP. Can you help?

Last edited by warnec (2009-11-24 08:17:59)

dcc24

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Registered: 2009-10-31

Posts: 732

Re: [SOLVED]Arch can't see my printer

Did you add yourself to the "lp" group? Also check if "sudo lsusb" makes a difference.

Last edited by dcc24 (2009-11-23 22:23:13)

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warnec

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-06-22

Posts: 166

Re: [SOLVED]Arch can't see my printer

Yup, sudo makes all the difference.

[warnec@chakra-desktop ~]$ sudo lsusb
Hasło:
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 1532:0109 Razer USA, Ltd Lycosa Keyboard
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 046d:c049 Logitech, Inc. G5 Laser Mouse
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Hi-Speed 21-in-1 Flash Card Reader/Writer (Internal/External)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0424:2504 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 03f0:2904 Hewlett-Packard
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
[warnec@chakra-desktop ~]$

My /etc/group:

root::0:root
bin::1:root,bin,daemon
daemon::2:root,bin,daemon
sys::3:root,bin
adm::4:root,daemon
tty::5:
disk::6:root
lp::7:daemon
mem::8:
kmem::9:
wheel::10:root
ftp::11:
mail::12:
uucp::14:
log::19:root,warnec
locate::21:warnec
smmsp::25:
http::33:
games::50:
network:x:90:warnec
video:x:91:warnec
audio::92:warnec
optical::93:hal,warnec
floppy:x:94:hal,warnec
storage:x:95:hal,warnec
scanner:x:96:warnec
power:x:98:warnec
nobody::99:
users::100:warnec
dbus:x:81:
hal:x:82:
policykit:x:102:
camera:x:97:warnec
avahi:x:84:
cdemu:x:103:
mysql:x:89:

I guess I should add "warnec" after "daemon"?

kazuo

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From: São Paulo/Brazil

Registered: 2008-03-18

Posts: 413

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Re: [SOLVED]Arch can't see my printer

Or you can use

gpasswd -a warnec lp

dcc24

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Registered: 2009-10-31

Posts: 732

Re: [SOLVED]Arch can't see my printer

The problem is your user is not allowed to see/use printers. For that you need add yourself to the "lp" group. Use the command kazuo provided.

P.S: Please mark the thread as [SOLVED]

Last edited by dcc24 (2009-11-23 22:24:53)

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warnec

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-06-22

Posts: 166

Re: [SOLVED]Arch can't see my printer

You have my thanks. Problem solved.