https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679488 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=679488#c6 --- Comment #6 from Johannes Meixner <jsmeix@novell.com> 2011-03-16 12:33:58 UTC --- Yast-edit-brothermfc8420.png from attachment #419499 shows that CUPS cannot detect the printer device. See in http://en.opensuse.org/YaST_Printer in particular the section about "Connection" what this means (here an excerpt): -------------------------------------------------------------- The YaST printer module does not implement any printer autodetection on its own. It only shows those printer connections which were already autodetected by CUPS (i.e. what the CUPS command line tool "lpinfo -l -v" shows when you run it as root, see http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell When CUPS cannot detect a local printer connection, it cannot send data to it so that it cannot print. Therefore it would not make sense when the YaST printer module would somehow show local printer connections which are not autodetected by CUPS. Initially only connections for local printers (i.e. USB printers and parallel port printers) are shown and for HP devices the "hp:/..." connection is preferred. Clicking the "Detect More" button shows all connections which are autodetected by CUPS. If a local printer is not shown even after clicking the "Detect More" button, the device cannot be autodetected by CUPS. In this case the root cause is usually a low-level communication problem with the device (perhaps the printer may only need to be switched on). For example when an USB printer is not autodetected by CUPS but listed in the output of the "lsusb" command, one of the usual reasons is that the kernel module "usblp" is not loaded, see http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Installing_a_Printer -------------------------------------------------------------- To verify this: What is the output of the comand lpinfo -l -v when you run it as root? For background information see in http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell in particular the section about "How to set up a print queue in full compliance with CUPS". -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.