Printer configuration help request

[Kam Leo]

On 11/14/05, John Wendel <jwendel10 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Kam Leo wrote:
> > On 11/14/05, John Wendel <jwendel10 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >>Kam Leo wrote:
> >>
> >>>On 11/14/05, John Wendel <jwendel10 at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Running updated FC3 system.
> >>>>
> >>>>I've got an HP PSC 1210 that works fine when I configure it using CUPS
> >>>>and the HPLIP driver.
> >>>>
> >>>>The problem I'm having is that whenever I turn the printer on, my
> config
> >>>>is destroyed and some nasty hotplug something installs a
> non-functional
> >>>>configuration.
> >>>>
> >>>>I need to know how to disable this automatic printer configuration
> >>>>process.
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>John
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Try turning off the cups-config-deamon service.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Thanks for the reply, but I don't run the cups-config-daemon.
> >>
> >>It looks like something (hald ?) is running the redhat printer
> >>configuration tool. My printer config file gets modified when the system
> >>boots. I don't start cups or the hplip drivers when the system boots,
> >>I run them whenever I want to print something (about once a month).
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>John
> >>
> >>
> >
> > If you say so; however, I would verify that the deamon is not started by
> > default for runlevels 3-5..
> >
> >
>
> Like I said, I don't run cups or the cups-config-deamon at startup
>
> # chkconfig --list | grep cups
> cups 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
> cups-config-daemon 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off
> 6:off
>
> This seems to be a problem with USB hotplug. But I've checked all the
> hotplug config files I can find and I don't see any printer stuff.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
>
Have you tried enabling cups at startup to see if your problem goes away?

Why have you disabled cups? Is your system is that resource limited?
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