10.04.2 on Eee PC, will not recognise printer

run:

cd; wget http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb; sudo dpkg -i ./brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb; rm ./brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb; http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb; sudo dpkg -i ./cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb; rm ./cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb

Reboot the system with the printer attached and it will be fine.

....many thanks for the above, I have run it. I am new at using terminals; looks like I have a conflict, what am I doing wrong. Also if another printer type is installed later will it require this procedure to be followed?

Here is a copy of the run:

allan@allan-netbook:~$ wget http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb
--2011-04-19 11:37:02-- http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb
Resolving www.brother.com... 60.234.9.248, 60.234.9.250
Connecting to www.brother.com|60.234.9.248|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://pub.brother.com/pub/com/bsc/linux/dlf/brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb [following]
--2011-04-19 11:37:03-- http://pub.brother.com/pub/com/bsc/linux/dlf/brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb
Resolving pub.brother.com... 60.234.9.249, 60.234.9.248
Reusing existing connection to www.brother.com:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 33152 (32K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb'

100%[======================================>] 33,152 186K/s in 0.2s

2011-04-19 11:37:04 (186 KB/s) - `brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb' saved [33152/33152]

allan@allan-netbook:~$ sudo dpkg -i ./brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb; rm./brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb
[sudo] password for allan:
Selecting previously deselected package brhl2040lpr.
dpkg: regarding ./brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb containing brhl2040lpr:
 brother-lpr-drivers-laser conflicts with brhl2040lpr
  brhl2040lpr (version 2.0.1-1) is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing ./brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb (--install):
 conflicting packages - not installing brhl2040lpr
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ./brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb
bash: rm./brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb: No such file or directory

allan@allan-netbook:~$ http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb
bash: http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb: No such file or directory

allan@allan-netbook:~$ sudo dpkg -i ./cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb
dpkg: error processing ./cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ./cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb

allan@allan-netbook:~$ rm./cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb
bash: rm./cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb: No such file or directory

allan@allan-netbook:~$

Changing
http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb;
to
wget http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb;

hasn't helped either.

ok then run:

sudo apt-get --purge remove brother-lpr-drivers-laser; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

Then retry.

As you suggested, I've run:

sudo apt-get --purge remove brother-lpr-drivers-laser; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

and then reran the original suggestion, which was OK until:

allan@allan-netbook:~$ rm./brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb
bash: rm./brhl2040lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb: No such file or directory
allan@allan-netbook:~$ wget http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb
--2011-04-20 10:34:29-- http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb
Resolving www.brother.com... 60.234.9.248, 60.234.9.250
Connecting to www.brother.com|60.234.9.248|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://pub.brother.com/pub/com/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb [following]
--2011-04-20 10:34:30-- http://pub.brother.com/pub/com/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb
Resolving pub.brother.com... 60.234.9.248, 60.234.9.249
Reusing existing connection to www.brother.com:80.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 11746 (11K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb'

100%[======================================>] 11,746 30.7K/s in 0.4s

2011-04-20 10:34:31 (30.7 KB/s) - `cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb' saved [11746/11746]

allan@allan-netbook:~$ sudo dpkg -i ./cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb
(Reading database ... 125495 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cupswrapperhl2040 (from .../cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb) ...
Setting up cupswrapperhl2040 (2.0.1-2) ...
/usr/local/Brother/cupswrapper/cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1: 64: cannot create /usr/share/cups/model/HL2040.ppd: Directory nonexistent
cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/cups/model/HL2040.ppd': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing cupswrapperhl2040 (--install):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
lpinfo: Connection refused
lpinfo: Connection refused
lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused
Errors were encountered while processing:
 cupswrapperhl2040
allan@allan-netbook:~$

so I manually set up the model subdirectory: /usr/share/cups/model/HL2040.ppd:

and reran:

sudo dpkg -i ./cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb

with this as a result:

allan@allan-netbook:~$ sudo dpkg -i ./cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb
(Reading database ... 125501 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace cupswrapperhl2040 2.0.1-2 (using .../cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-2.i386.deb) ...
lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused
Unpacking replacement cupswrapperhl2040 ...
Setting up cupswrapperhl2040 (2.0.1-2) ...

lpinfo: Connection refused
lpinfo: Connection refused
lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused
allan@allan-netbook:~$

What do you make of this? Yet on my P4 with 10.04 the printer is recognised. At least the purge has released a bit of disk space!

Regards

Not sure, those 2 files are the brother drivers from the brother site. You will need to fight those packages like that till it drops in.

Are you using this driver

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#HL-2040

and these instructions

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/instruction_prn1a.html

actionparsnip and andrew, I have finally resorted to a complete reinstall, which has resolved the problem. I must have corrupted cups unwittingly at some stage, I don't know how. The time I've put in trying to resolve the issue, along with the help you've given; it took less time to do the reinstall!! Thanks, and Regards