Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS problem

[Dale]

Alan E. Davis wrote:
> CUPS has been working flawlessly for quite some time, one of the feats
> of newer GNU/Linux installs (to one who couldn't get an HP mainstream
> inkjet working right some 10 years ago).    Simultaneously, I notices
> that Apple now owns the copyright, and after a recent upgrade, stopped
> working.
>
> I have to blame myself, because running cfg-update, the changes to
> /etc/cups/cupsd.conf were considerable, involving three, and not two
> files to be merged.  The interface of xxdiff is not intuitive, to me:
> I've blundered through it's kludgey structure for a while, but this
> time I was genuinely confused.  Furthermore, I made the mistake of
> taking a stab in the dark.
>
> So I uninstalled CUPS completely, and reinstalled.  Then installed the
> printer again.  It is doing the same thing: the interface at
> localhost:631 says that the printer is ready to print.  Any job sent
> to the queue, including test prints, are immediately "stopped".
> Reprint a job, and it is immediately stopped.
>
> Hypotheses:
>    New ASUS M2N-E Motherboard (was working before upgrading CUPS)
>    Configuration file issues.  (I have deleted the entire directory
> /etc/cups, and the new derault file was replaced with a simplified one
> scavenged of a mailing list, but with no improvement.
>    Unknown factors (where to start?)
>
> So I am turning to the mailing list for suggestions.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Alan Davis
>
>

I ran into something similar to the a while back and I had to un-merge
cups, delete the config files, then reemerge cups and reconfigure my
printer.   Keep in mind that when you unmerge something, the config
files remain in /etc unchanged.

This may not help your situation but I hope it does.

Dale

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