Installing driver for LaserJet Canon LBP2900 at Squeeze
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Installing driver for LaserJet Canon LBP2900 at Squeeze
Dear All!
Did some one solved the problem how to install Laser Printer Canon LBP2900 at Squeeze? The driver (version 2.20; in the documentation stays that they were tested some of previous versions at Debian 5.04 or like) I found at the Canon's site doesn't wish to be installed at Squeeze, but somehow I succeeded at Ubuntu 10.04 and Ubuntu 10.10.... Any proposal? Any reliable procedure, script or anything useful?
I tried installing canon mp240 it requests libcupsys which is not available in squeeze but is available in sid, but is also available in lenny.
That's why it's no problem in Ubuntu as it's using kernel that's considered testing for debian.
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I tried installing canon mp240 it requests libcupsys which is not available in squeeze but is available in sid, but is also available in lenny.
That's why it's no problem in Ubuntu as it's using kernel that's considered testing for debian.
Actually it works in Ubuntu 11.04 because libcupsys is installed there. The reason is that, while 2.6.38 is used in Debian testing, it is also the current kernel in Sid.
Ubuntu syncs their normal releases to Debian unstable. Therefore they have the libcupsys in their repo for 11.04 now. Should hit us in Debian testing pretty soon
Ubuntu only syncs their pre-release repos to Debian testing for their LTS releases when they want more stability than in their other releases.
That's a better way of saying, but that's what I was trying to tell op.
I myself have no desire now to install MP240 unless I put it on my wheezy machine, not trying to push squeeze to the limit.
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That's a better way of saying, but that's what I was trying to tell op.
I myself have no desire now to install MP240 unless I put it on my wheezy machine, not trying to push squeeze to the limit.
I guess I just have a thing about peoples perception of Ubuntu. Ubuntu does a good many things but folks think of it as just an "improvement" of Debian.
The vast majority of those "improvements" are straight from the Debian repos. They are, it is true, a long way from being in the Debian stable repos. On the other hand, Debian stable is stable. Much more stable than the Ubuntu LTS releases, let alone the "regular" releases.
Don't get me wrong about Ubuntu. I admire it greatly, used it a long time as my "main" OS. Debian I just keep on here to see what all the fuss about configuring it was. Couldn't see the problem really and so when they "improved" Ubuntu to the point that it really did not run well on my box I just dropped it for Debian.
Ubuntu has a very slightly easier to understand repo system, slightly better font rendering and plymouth that excludes a number of folks with fairly new hardware from using it.
I can boot their LTS (10.04), which is basically their version of Squeeze (based on Squeeze when it was Debian testing). It takes a long time and the bugger will not shut down. You can't file a bug tht gets attention because they want the boot logs. The boot logs are the responsibility of plymouth.d. One thing is does not do on my box is right any logs.
Debian testing, my main OS now, is more stable than Ubuntu (any version), does not need Alt+SysRq+b to shut it down and with the Liquorix kernel is running the same kernel as Ubuntu 11.04.
When folks want Debian to do things that the newest Ubuntu is doing they should be running Sid and they would be slightly ahead.
I now just keep Ubuntu pre-release on my box for entertainment. Wouldn't dream of doing serious work on it or any other version of Ubuntu because you just can't quite trust it.
Somewhat sorry for the rant. Thought I should explain that I was just trying to make things clear and got carried away.
Debian testing, my main OS now, is more stable than Ubuntu (any version), does not need Alt+SysRq+b to shut it down and with the Liquorix kernel is running the same kernel as Ubuntu 11.04.
I only tried wheezy on my laptop & network was going in and out, also was out of town, and no other machine, so switched hdd that has squeeze until I get home.
Play with it later.
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@ dsenic, from all the above posts I have managed to glean that you would need to install the 2.6.38 kernel. The easiest, although possibly not the best, way to install it would be to use the liquorix kernel. I would do this once only because Liquorix updates often and at more than 50 MB a time it can become quite a problem with bandwidth usage.
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