Rainer Heesen wrote: > the permissions of /dev/ulp* are: > > crw-rw---- 1 root cups 0, 169 Jul 3 20:35 /dev/ulpt0 > crw-rw---- 1 root cups 0, 170 Jul 3 20:35 /dev/unlpt0 > > the directory /var/cache/cups is group writable > > when I start a print job I get the message > > printer Minolta now printing Minolta-59. enabled since Mon Jul 3 20:53:42 > 2006 > USB port busy; will retry in 30 seconds... > Minolta-59 guest 18432 Mon Jul 3 20:53:42 2006 > > however, there is now output of fstat | grep ulpt0 > > 'fstat |grep cups' gives this output > > cups usb 1657 root / 2 drwxr-xr-x 512 r > cups usb 1657 wd / 2 drwxr-xr-x 512 r > cups usb 1657 text /usr 7632315 -rwxr-xr-x 22297 r > cups usb 1657 0 /dev 21 crw-rw-rw- null r > cups usb 1657 1 /dev 21 crw-rw-rw- null w > cups usb 1657 2* pipe c5826d78 <-> c5826cc0 0 rw > cups usb 1657 3* pipe c5826580 <-> c58264c8 0 rw > cups usb 1657 4 /var 4022 -rw-r----- 18382 r > root cupsd 1652 root / 2 drwxr-xr-x 512 r > root cupsd 1652 wd / 2 drwxr-xr-x 512 r > root cupsd 1652 text /usr 6743296 -rwxr-xr-x 595608 r > root cupsd 1652 0* internet6 stream tcp c4eb0570 > root cupsd 1652 1 /var 3206 -rw-r--r-- 695444 rw > root cupsd 1652 2* internet stream tcp c4acfae0 > root cupsd 1652 3* local stream c57a6c08 > root cupsd 1652 4* internet dgram udp c48775a0 > root cupsd 1652 5* pipe c5826198 <-> c5826250 0 rw > root cupsd 1652 6* pipe c5826250 <-> c5826198 0 rw > root cupsd 1652 7* internet6 stream tcp c49b8cb0 > root cupsd 1652 8 /var 3069 -rw-r--r-- 311933 rw > root cupsd 1652 9* internet6 stream tcp c4acf740 > root cupsd 1652 11 /dev 21 crw-rw-rw- null r > root cupsd 1652 14* pipe c5826cc0 <-> c5826d78 0 rw > root cupsd 1652 16 /dev 21 crw-rw-rw- null r > You could try 'echo test > /dev/ulpt0' to see if it is /dev/ulpt0 that is failing with 'device busy'. And if you stop cupsd, check that an eventual usb backend process also exits. It'll usually show up with 'ps -ax | grep usb', or 'fstat | grep cups'.
Also, if you send us your printers.conf, it would be easier to understand the debug/error logs.
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