I posted a package request on Github: https://github.com/clearlinux/distribution/issues/1256. Is that is the right place to request device drivers to be repackaged?
It looks like some work has been done on it, but now the request is waiting on a “milestone”? What does that mean? Has a CL package been created that I can try out?
This is the last device I need to install on CL to migrate completely away from Windows…
Meanwhile, I’m trying to see if I can get the printer working on my own. I glanced through the ppd file, and did manage to find some clues about where to place the package files.
So then I opened the CUPS web interface. I am connecting this printer locally through a USB cable, but it is not detected. When I open ‘Add Printer’ in CUPS, the only option listed for local printers is HPLIP. Because my LaserJet is installed on localhost, I chose IPP and entered ipp://localhost/ipp/.
Unlike hp-setup, I don’t see a way to tell CUPS which USB port my printer is plugged into.
Nevertheless, CUPS does install the driver. Printing fails, though, with two errors:
CUPS attempts to launch ippfind
XP-610: File “/opt/epson-inkjet-printer-201308w/cups/lib/filter/epson_inkjet_printer_filter” has insecure permissions (0100755/uid=1000/gid=1000).
All the driver files are owned by ‘root’, and the permissions are set so only root can overwrite them; all other users can read and execute them. Can someone please interpret this error message for me?
Thanks!