(In reply to Johannes Meixner from comment #80) > Now it looks again like a real issue! > > Normally it should "just work" to rerun /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb > as many times and as often as you like and it should always detect > your printer. > > E.g. I can run it 10 times in a row > # for in in $( seq 10 ) ; do /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb ; done > and I get 10 times exactly the same result. > > If you get different results when you run /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb > several times there is an issue somewhere: > > In your comment#2 it is > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb > DEBUG: Loading USB quirks from "/usr/share/cups/usb". > DEBUG: Loaded 114 quirks. > DEBUG: list_devices > DEBUG: libusb_get_device_list=10 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > In your comment#75 it is > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > DEBUG: Loading USB quirks from "/usr/share/cups/usb". > DEBUG: Loaded 114 quirks. > DEBUG: list_devices > DEBUG: libusb_get_device_list=11 > DEBUG2: Printer found with device ID: > MFG:Samsung;CMD:SPL,PCL5E,PCL6,FWV,EXT;MDL:CLP-320 > Series;CLS:PRINTER;STATUS:IDLE; Device URI: > usb://Samsung/CLP-320%20Series?serial=Z4PGBAGB400971X > direct usb://Samsung/CLP-320%20Series?serial=Z4PGBAGB400971X "Samsung > CLP-320 Series" "Samsung CLP-320 Series" > "MFG:Samsung;CMD:SPL,PCL5E,PCL6,FWV,EXT;MDL:CLP-320 > Series;CLS:PRINTER;STATUS:IDLE;" "" > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > In your comment#79 it is > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > DEBUG: Loading USB quirks from "/usr/share/cups/usb". > DEBUG: Loaded 114 quirks. > DEBUG: list_devices > DEBUG: libusb_get_device_list=11 > DEBUG: Switching USB device configuration: 0 -> 1 > DEBUG: Failed to set configuration 1 for 04e8:329f > DEBUG2: Printer found with device ID: Device URI: usb://Unknown/Printer > direct usb://Unknown/Printer "Unknown" "Unknown" "" "" > DEBUG: Failed to re-attach "usblp" kernel module to 04e8:329f > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Only comment#75 shows how it should look when it works correctly. > > Comment#2 and comment#79 show different kind of failures. I've just run your test of a loop for 10 and its all the same as comment #79