Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS -- fails better!

[maxim wexler]

--- Manuel McLure <manuel@××××××.org> wrote:

> On Sunday 29 January 2006 10:54, maxim wexler wrote:
>
> > > One option to solve this is to emerge unix2dos
> and
> > > use the following command
> > > line:
> > >
> > > unix2dos filetoprint.txt | lp -l
> >
> > After removing and re-installing cups and
> installing
> > unix2dos got this:
> >
> > heathen@sarawak ~ $ unix2dos environment | lpr -l
> > unix2dos: converting file environment to DOS
> format
> > ...
> > unix2dos: problems converting file environment
> > lpr: error - scheduler not responding!
> >
> > I was sure it was because I had neglected to go to
> > localhost631 first but
> > trying to open the page in firefox got "connection
> > refused" error.
> >
> > Only thing that comes to mind is that when I did
> > emerge -pv cups it said some file(can't recall
> which)
> > was being blocked by xpdf which I don't use so I
> > removed it and cups went in OK. Long shot.

After a reboot was able to log on to localhost631 --
one down ? to go

>
> Sounds like cups wasn't started - does
> "/etc/init.d/cups restart" show any
> errors?

No, it started alright.

>
> The command line to unix2dos may need to be
>
>   unix2dos <environment | lpr -l
>
> or
>
>   cat environment | unix2dos | lpr -l
>
Same response, the printer makes some noise and the
trouble light starts to blink. Then silence. This time
nothing at all is printed.

Nothing in the log:

I [30/Jan/2006:14:45:15 -0700] Adding start banner
page "none" to job 22.
I [30/Jan/2006:14:45:15 -0700] Adding end banner page
"none" to job 22.
I [30/Jan/2006:14:45:15 -0700] Job 22 queued on
'deskjet' by 'heathen'.
I [30/Jan/2006:14:45:15 -0700] Started backend
/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 5844) for job 22.

and for a test page:

sarawak heathen # tail  /var/log/cups/error*
I [30/Jan/2006:14:52:27 -0700] Started
"/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=5866)
I [30/Jan/2006:14:52:31 -0700] Started
"/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=5867)
I [30/Jan/2006:14:52:31 -0700] Adding start banner
page "none" to job 23.
I [30/Jan/2006:14:52:31 -0700] Adding end banner page
"none" to job 23.
I [30/Jan/2006:14:52:31 -0700] Job 23 queued on
'deskjet' by 'root'.
I [30/Jan/2006:14:52:31 -0700] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 5868) for job 23.
I [30/Jan/2006:14:52:31 -0700] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 5869) for job
23.
I [30/Jan/2006:14:52:31 -0700] Started backend
/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 5870) for job 23.
E [30/Jan/2006:14:52:31 -0700] PID 5869 stopped with
status 3!
I [30/Jan/2006:14:52:31 -0700] Hint: Try setting the
LogLevel to "debug" to find out more.

ditto, nothing prints

Oh, and changing debug level in cupsd.conf doesn't
have any effect. I saved the file; do I have to logout
and in again? 

To be cont'd...

-max

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