Scanner/ printer not appearing in VB

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robbyx
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Scanner/ printer not appearing in VB

Post by robbyx »

I attach the log. (WinXP)

The printer/ scanner is showing in the USB device filters.

I, the sole user, am a member of Vboxusers

Host is Ubuntugnome 14.04

I have just re-run the Brother MFL-Pro suite installation and when it gets to the plug in the USB cable, I can not get further with the installation as the usb cable is not being recognised.

What do think is the cause of Version 5.0.10 r104061 not showing a printer is installed in WinXP and therefore no printer icon is showing?

Robin
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Perryg
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Re: Scanner/ printer not appearing in VB

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Post the results of id run from the host terminal.
robbyx
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Re: Scanner/ printer not appearing in VB

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Perryg wrote:Post the results of id run from the host terminal.
robins@robins-desktop:~$ id
uid=1000(robins) gid=1000(robins) groups=1000(robins),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),108(lpadmin),125(sambashare)
robins@robins-desktop:~$


Sambashare is the last one in the uid list but I have checked again and my name is ticked in group ID 131 for vboxusers.
robbyx
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Re: Scanner/ printer not appearing in VB

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Here is the untruncated list:
gid=1000(robins) groups=1000(robins),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),108(lpadmin),
125(sambashare)
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Re: Scanner/ printer not appearing in VB

Post by Perryg »

Permissions do not change until you log off and back on or in some cases a reboot is needed.
Did you log off and on or reboot the host? According to the OS you may be in the group but the OS does not recognize it.
robbyx
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Re: Scanner/ printer not appearing in VB

Post by robbyx »

I have it working now.

The reboot helped a lot, but I also uninstalled the printer software in VB and re-installed and it worked! Thanks.
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