Try sudo modprobe parport_pc and see if the printer is found If it is then add parport_pc to you /etc/modules file
This usually fixes the problem On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 4:34 PM, chrone <charlesa...@gmail.com> wrote: > 8.04 detected the lp0, but after reinstalling to 9.10, ubuntu could not > detect any lp0 devices. > > i'm using a p4 2ghz with intel 945g chipset motherboard. how to debug > this problem? > > -- > Cannot set up parallel port printer on Ubuntu 9.04 or 9.10 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369850 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: cups > > I have just done a clean upgrade from Intrepid Ibex to Jaunty Jackalope > (i.e., I downloaded the CD .iso file, burned it to CD and then did a clean > install over the existing Ubuntu installation). > > I was able to set up my parallel port connected laser printer on Intrepid > Ibex, but Jaunty Jackalope seems not to give me a choice of Parallal port > when I try to set up my printer. > > Please tell me how to set up my parallel port connected laser printer on > Jaunty Jackalope. > > Thanks! > > I used the ubuntu-bug cups program to upload the information about my system. > I hope that it made it, associated with this bug. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > CupsErrorLog: > E [29/Apr/2009:13:47:59 -0400] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized > E [29/Apr/2009:13:53:18 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication > certificate not found! > E [29/Apr/2009:13:54:02 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication > certificate not found! > E [29/Apr/2009:13:54:02 -0400] CUPS-Delete-Printer: Unauthorized > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 > Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No > destinations added. > Lsusb: > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13b1:000d Linksys WUSB54G Wireless Adapter > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub > MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation L466c > Package: cups 1.3.9-17ubuntu2 > Papersize: letter > ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=03f04b06-444f-44e9-8017-ff85b8c6db57 ro quiet splash > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-11.42-generic > SourcePackage: cups > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/369850/+subscribe > -- http://www.di2.nu/blog.htm Faber's Fourth Law: Necessity is the mother of strange bedfellows. -- Cannot set up parallel port printer on Ubuntu 9.04 or 9.10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369850 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
