[SOLVED] cups 1.6 does not find usb printer

Hello,
Since I have upgraded to cups 1.6 I can't add a usb printer. Whenever I click on "Find new printer" in the administration web interface, no printer is found.
Printer is a Samsung ML 1640 which worked flawlessly with versions before 1.6.
I am using the default config file, no changes except LogLevel debug.  Also tried reinstalling whole cups and splix, no success.
error.log shows following output:
==> /var/log/cups/error_log <==
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="CUPS"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] HTTP_WAITING Closing on EOF
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] Closing connection.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients", busy="Active clients"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] Accepted from localhost (Domain)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] HTTP_WAITING Closing on EOF
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] Closing connection.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients", busy="Active clients"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] Accepted from localhost (Domain)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] POST / HTTP/1.1
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients", busy="Active clients"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] Authorized as root using Local
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] 2.0 CUPS-Get-Devices 2
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] CUPS-Get-Devices
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] cupsdIsAuthorized: username="root"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] argv[0] = "/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] argv[1] = "2"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] argv[2] = "0"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] argv[3] = "15"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] argv[4] = "2"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] argv[5] = "requested-attributes=all"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[0] = "CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[1] = "CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[2] = "CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/cups/doc"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[3] = "CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[4] = "CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[5] = "CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[6] = "CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[7] = "CUPS_STATEDIR=/var/run/cups"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[8] = "HOME=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[9] = "PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[10] = "SERVER_ADMIN=root@spt08"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[11] = "SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.6.1"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[12] = "TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[13] = "USER=root"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[14] = "CUPS_MAX_MESSAGE=2047"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[15] = "CUPS_SERVER=/var/run/cups/cups.sock"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[16] = "CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[17] = "IPP_PORT=631"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[18] = "AUTH_TYPE=Local"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[19] = "LANG=de_AT.UTF8"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[20] = "REDIRECT_STATUS=1"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[21] = "GATEWAY_INTERFACE=CGI/1.1"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[22] = "SERVER_NAME=localhost"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[23] = "SERVER_PORT=631"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[24] = "REMOTE_ADDR=localhost"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[25] = "REMOTE_HOST=localhost"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[26] = "SCRIPT_NAME=/"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[27] = "SCRIPT_FILENAME=/usr/share/cups/doc/"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[28] = "REMOTE_USER=root"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[29] = "SERVER_PROTOCOL=HTTP/1.1"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[30] = "HTTP_USER_AGENT=CUPS/1.6.1"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[31] = "REQUEST_METHOD=POST"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[32] = "CONTENT_LENGTH=75"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] envp[33] = "CONTENT_TYPE=application/ipp"
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] Started /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced (PID 25152)
I [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] Started "/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced" (pid=25152)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [Client 14] file=16
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipps (PID 25153)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb (PID 25154)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/serial (PID 25155)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/socket (PID 25156)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/dnssd (PID 25157)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp (PID 25158)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb (PID 25159)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/http (PID 25160)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/bluetooth (PID 25161)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/https (PID 25162)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp (PID 25163)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 25164)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/lpd (PID 25165)
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] list_devices
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] libusb_get_device_list=12
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] Script header: Content-Type: application/ipp
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] Script header:
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] Flushed attributes...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Found device "ipps"...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25153 (ipps) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] Flushed attributes...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Found device "lpd"...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25164 (parallel) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25154 (usb) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25156 (socket) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25160 (http) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] Flushed attributes...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Found device "socket"...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] Flushed attributes...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Found device "http"...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] Flushed attributes...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Found device "https"...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25155 (serial) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25165 (lpd) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] Flushed attributes...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Found device "smb"...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] Flushed attributes...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] Found device "ipp"...
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25162 (https) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25163 (ipp) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25159 (smb) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] Unable to create IPv6 socket: Address family not supported by protocol
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [CGI] browse_callback: DNS failure: NXDOMAIN
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25161 (bluetooth) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:29 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25157 (dnssd) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:31 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 25158 (snmp) exited with no errors.
D [18/Aug/2012:12:13:31 +0200] PID 25152 (/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced) exited with no errors.
/usr/lib/cups/backend/usb returns with no error, but no printer is found (according to web interface)
But when I start /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb manually i get following output:
DEBUG: list_devices
DEBUG: libusb_get_device_list=12
DEBUG2: Printer found with device ID: MFG:Samsung;CMD:GDI;MDL:ML-1640 Series;CLS:PRINTER;STATUS:IDLE; Device URI: usb://Samsung/ML-1640%20Series?serial=144QBAHS311415Y.
direct usb://Samsung/ML-1640%20Series?serial=144QBAHS311415Y. "Samsung ML-1640 Series" "Samsung ML-1640 Series" "MFG:Samsung;CMD:GDI;MDL:ML-1640 Series;CLS:PRINTER;STATUS:IDLE;" ""
Why does this new printer not show up in the web interface?
When i add the printer manually via lpadmin
lpadmin -p ml1640 -v usb://Samsung/ML-1640%20Series?serial=144QBAHS311415Y -P /usr/share/cups/model/samsung/ml1640.ppd
I can start a print job but then I only see following job-state in the web interface:
"Waiting for printer to become available."
Any advice how to get printing working again?
Greetings
kocsv
Last edited by kocsv (2012-08-19 16:02:00)

I stepped back to the last version and nothing worked. Whats wrong?!?
Hooked the printer up at another machine and it worked out of the box after installing cups.
Tailed messages.log when attaching the usb cable and found differences.
Running udevd --debug showed, that the culprit was:
aur/android-udev
Removed that package and everything works.
Well...  except: now every 5 seconds i have following output in messages.log:
Aug 19 15:25:35 spt08 kernel: [355081.778863] usblp1: removed
Aug 19 15:25:35 spt08 kernel: [355081.789091] usblp1: USB Bidirectional printer dev 7 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04E8 pid 0x3292
But that problem has to wait 

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