Cups USB workaround was working but now fails

[Anthony Agelastos]

On Aug 5, 2006, at 1:20 PM, Apatewna wrote:

> O/H Ian Moore έγραψε:
>
>> It seems that cups now won't recognise the file: setting, yet  
>> previously it did. I checked back through my logs to see if a  
>> newer cups port had come out & I'd inadvertently upgraded to it,  
>> but it seems that's not the case - it's still 1.2.0
>> Using the usb: URI always gives the same result - the job starts  
>> printing but stops after about 12% and won't go any further.
>> Any ideas as to why my cups no longer accepts the file: URI?
>> I'm running FreeBSD 5.11-Release-p2 and my printer is an Epson  
>> Stylus C61 on a USB port.
>> Cheers,
>
> I just checked http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L397 and CUPS is at  
> 1.2.2 already.
> I also remember a major problem with 1.2.0. See these threads :
>
> http://forums.pcbsd.org/viewtopic.php?t=4173&highlight=cups
> http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=42391
>
> I remember that the severity of the bug was so great that the 1.2.1  
> update was in the ports in a week or so.
> I'm not in front of a BSD machine to be sure, but have you upgraded  
> your ports lately? Cups 1.2.1 should at least be there.

No, it is not (unless you know something that I do not).

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=cups&stype=all

Perhaps you are thinking of the 1.2.0_1 release (I think it went  
1.2.0_0, 1.2.0_1, and it is now on 1.2.0_2).

>
> Also, I don't think you are running FreeBSD 5.11-Release-p2....  
> yet! :)
>
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