https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929#c2 Roland Hughes changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|INVALID | --- Comment #2 from Roland Hughes 2012-01-18 15:44:03 UTC --- Until this actually gets installed automatically DO NOT consider it closed. See Bug 673845 and you might begin to understand what a PITA this is. Apple pooched the real world good. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929#c4 Roland Hughes changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|INVALID | --- Comment #4 from Roland Hughes 2012-01-18 18:33:56 UTC --- (In reply to comment #3)

/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel and /usr/lib/cups/backend/serial are installed (automatically) when the openSUSE 12.1 CUPS 1.5 package is installed.

If they actually were installed, I could have gotten the serial printer running to print mailing labels. Instead I had to boot DOS. CUPS didn't even OFFER to look at a serial port and NONE of the stty commands would work on any tty number. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929#c6 --- Comment #6 from Roland Hughes 2012-01-19 11:59:47 UTC --- The kernel and install relies on CUPS to load BOTH serial and parallel... This EXACT system booted in DOS with same cable and printer works perfectly fine with COPY LBL.TXT COM1: Absolutely NOTHING worked in 12.1 with CUPS 1.5.x, but it worked with a live CD of both Ubuntu and Puppy Linux which did not have 1.5.x. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929#c7 Johannes Meixner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jsmeix@suse.com |zjjia@suse.com --- Comment #7 from Johannes Meixner 2012-01-19 14:08:54 UTC --- CUPS relies on the kernel to provide a working serial port. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929#c9 --- Comment #9 from Roland Hughes 2012-01-19 14:27:52 UTC --- (In reply to comment #8)

Read what I wrote in bug #673845 in particular read https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673845#c2 ------------------------------------------------------------ CUPS does not change the underlying system. In particular CUPS does not change the kernel by loading or re-loading kernel modules. ------------------------------------------------------------

You need to read comments from 80 forward since there are now kernel level patches being created to replace what CUPS no longer does now that Apple chose to pooch the world. The same type of fix is now needed for serial ports since Apple dropped them both. Thanks Apple. Thanks for not being a company which understands anything about business systems OR AN INSTALLED BASE! -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929#c12 Johannes Meixner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jsmeix@suse.com Found By|--- |Community User AssignedTo|jsmeix@suse.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.pr | |ovo.novell.com --- Comment #12 from Johannes Meixner 2012-04-25 10:18:38 UTC --- I already had a look, see my above comments, in particular see comment #5. I have no printer with a serial connection so that I cannot reproduce issues related to serial printers. I guess it is a general issue regarding the serial port (see comment #5) but I have no knowledge how to set up the serial port in general - I can read "man setserial" but I never used it. I didn't use a serial port since ages. My last usage was years ago with a serial modem at home which "just worked" for me. I don't know who could debug general issues regarding the serial port so that I can only reset assignee to default. -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929#c13 Jeff Mahoney changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |roland@logikalsolutions.com Severity|Major |Critical --- Comment #13 from Jeff Mahoney 2012-06-25 14:15:15 EDT --- Roland, the issue in bnc#673845 is different. That was a problem with the parport_pc module not getting loaded since the /dev/lp* nodes weren't found. Serial ports should always have the /dev/ttyS* nodes there since they're properly enumerated in the kernel. Did the echo test Johannes mentioned in comment #5 work for you? -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741929#c15 Jiri Slaby changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED CC| |jslaby@suse.com Resolution| |NORESPONSE --- Comment #15 from Jiri Slaby 2012-07-09 06:49:48 UTC --- (In reply to comment #14)

My last 2 clients have mandated I use Ubuntu for their projects, so I have no way of testing now.

Ok, if you ever have a chance to test this, please reopen. -- 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.