[TriLUG] cupsys broken, libslp1 at fault?

[Tanner Lovelace]

On 1/5/06, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> More or less.  One lasting problem that doesn't have to do with
> packages, and is one that I've had up till now already: if anything
> interferes with my USB printer (Dell-branded Lexmark z600 series) [i.e.
> a cancelled print job, power-cycling the printer to get it to eject the
> half-printed page, etc.], only a complete reboot will resurrect it.
> I've tried restarting hotplug and cupsys, but those actions don't have
> any effect.  Obviously I'm just not restarting the right service; do you
> know which process I should be poking at to get it up again?  Rebooting
> is just...annoying!

Unplugging the printer from the USB port?  Then stopping hotplug
and cupsys, then starting hotplug, then cupsys?  Check the log
files in /var/log/messages too, since there's likely some good info
there.  Luckily for me, I don't see this problem on my
sarge<->USB connected HP deskjet setup.

Cheers,
Tanner

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