[plug] Canon MP630 Multifunction report:

[David Dartnall]

Nigel Duff wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 06:33:53PM +0800, David Dartnall wrote:
>   
>> Printer State: Idle - Unable to open device
>>     
>  
>   
>> "hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4a9_172e_12CEC8_if1_printer_noserial": 
>>
>> Permission denied
>>
>> There is no such location on my computer!
>>
>> If this is only a permissions problem, how is it resolved?
>>     
>
> I had a similar problem with an Epson multifunction back with
> Ubuntu Gutsy. I found doing a 
>  
> chmod 700 /usr/lib/cups/backend/hal  
>
> fixed the problem. 
>
> However that file is set at 755 on my installation of Jaunty and
> I don't see why making it executable by root only would work.
>
> Nigel
>
>
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And would have thought so indeed!
You're a genius Nigel, thank you very much, that worked a treat!
I've spent the better part of the last week fighting this problem.

Regards
Dave Dartnall