Comment 88 for bug 29050

Okay, I've essentially recreated the earlier scenario. Doing nothing, gnome-cups-manager gives "No printer detected" when I double-click "New Printer". After loading the ppdev module, it finds my HP LaserJet 6P immediately. Here's the shell session (with a couple of comments):

# "No printer found" in gnome-cups-manager
[mark@anduril:~$ dmesg | grep lp0
[17179594.376000] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
mark@anduril:~$ sudo modprobe ppdev
Password:
# "HP LaserJet 6P" detected in gnome-cups-manager
mark@anduril:~$ dmesg | grep lp0
[17179594.376000] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
[17180252.676000] lp0: ECP mode
[17180252.696000] lp0: ECP mode
[17180252.788000] lp0: ECP mode
[17180308.600000] lp0: ECP mode
[17180308.612000] lp0: ECP mode
[17180308.652000] lp0: ECP mode
[17180322.032000] lp0: ECP mode
[17180322.044000] lp0: ECP mode
[17180322.080000] lp0: ECP mode
mark@anduril:~$

I'm adding ppdev to my /etc.modules file and will report if I have any further trouble.