udev rules break usb printers

Bug #90978 reported by Jens Wilke
12
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libgphoto2 (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
Undecided
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Bug Description

Problems found in 2.3.0-0ubuntu3~edgy1:

USB printers get the group plugdev instead of lp.

Error messages in syslog:
udevd[2202]: add_to_rules: unknown key 'ATTRS{idVendor}'

Related:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/76077

Question:
Why is a "backport" of 2.2.1-2ubuntu4 version 2.3.0-0ubuntu3~edgy1?

Changed in libgphoto2:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Michael Chang (thenewme91) wrote :

In response to the question portion:
2.3.0 is greater than 2.2.1.

Revision history for this message
Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Since this is a duplicate of bug 76077, this is an unsupported (and quite broken) backport, and edgy goes out of support in about a month, it's not worth dealing with this any more IMHO.

Changed in libgphoto2:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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