[Gimp-print-devel] Newbie Cross-compilation issues

[Dan L. <da...@fl...>]

A whole bunch of disjoint issues here, perhaps someone can help me or
point me to the right resources. I'm developing an ARM based device, and
I'd like it to be able to print. I just downloaded the gutenprint 5.2.2
tar.bz2.

First, I'm using Buildroot to manage my build process. Copied the stock
".mk" file over to config.mk, tweaked a few values, started my build,
the build tries to use target ARM binaries to develop intermediate
files. So I set up another build on the native x86 system, copied the
intermediate binaries into my ARM build tree as necessary, and got
through that.

Second, had a bit of an issue with where it tried to install the
resulting files. I'm sure this is me not understanding automake and
autoconf completely. Manually replaced the location to put the files
(despite using --prefix in my ./configure) into Makefile.in.

Third, when I finally got some binaries on my target system, plugged in
an Epson Stylus Photo R200, got the kernel messages telling me

   usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid
   0x04b89 pid 0x005

So I typed "escputil -i -r /dev/usb/lp0" and got (after a bit of a
wait):

   Malformed packet, ignored.
   Malformed packet, ignored.
   Malformed packet, ignored.
   Cannot open /dev/usb/lp0 read/write: Device or resource busy

I'm sure I'm doing something utterly stupid here, but every time I go
digging for more info, Google gives me source code, not discussions.
Any suggestions on where to start digging?

Thanks,

Dan