[plug] No printer in Debian Etch

Daniel Foote freefoote at gmail.com
Thu Jul 27 08:19:35 WST 2006


> Thanks Steve
> Yes I found this to but I am yet to find out how to make
> the change permenent I need to change the permissions
> each time the computer is started.

Debian Etch uses udev to manage the device files, so it gets reset
every time you restart the computer.

To fix the problem for you, add yourself to the "lp" group. As root:

# adduser <yourusername> lp

You may need to logout/reboot before that completely takes effect.

Have fun...

Daniel Foote.



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