Re: no /dev entry for printer when it is out of ink

[Mike <mike@kordik.net>]

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I found the problem with udev. udev-073 did not work but 071 works fine. 
I didn't remember recently upgrading to 073.

I still couldn't get the status from the printer until I added ink.

Thanks for your help!

Mike

Kay Sievers wrote:

>On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 10:08:44PM -0500, Mike wrote:
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>>The rule:
>>BUS="usb", SYSFS{serial}="0HSLL0108041158030", NAME="lp0", SYMLINK="printers/EPC80"
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>You may look at:
>  udevinfo -a -p /class/usb/lp0
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>if that matches your keys and better use "==" for comparison, but with
>the keys you use, it should not cause a problem.
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>>/dev/lp0 is being created. So it looks like the generic udev rule is 
>>working. I can change my path to now point there. I don't understand why 
>>my rule quit working though. I tried escputil with it pointing to 
>>/dev/lp0 but it just times out.
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>>I changed my printer to point /dev/lp0 but nothing happens when I print. 
>>I am just going to give in an replace all my color ink cartridges and 
>>see if that changes anything.
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>Yeah, that may help to get it to print something, but it's unlikely to
>change udev's behavior.
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>Kay
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