On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 05:07:12PM +0100, iks_kzm wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > > > You have not mentioned anything about installing drivers for your > > > printer. You probably need to install one of these packages: > > > > I have HP Laserjet 1200 series. > > > > > 1) cupsys-driver-gimpprint, > > > 2) foomatic-bin and foomatic-db, or > > > 3) cupsomatic-ppd. > > I have installed 1, 2 and 3. > > > > But I just copied from the CD (which I obtained with the printer) > > the original HP_Laserjet_1200.ppd > > to /usr/share/cups/model/HP/, restarted cups and then connected to > > http://localhost:631 and add new printer choosing the > > HP_Laserjet_1200 series model. > > Is the version of HP_Laserjet_1200.ppd the same as other ppd's that > come with the cupsys package? I did NOT have any ppd files in the cupsys for HP Laserjet 1200 series and I was advised to use the one from the CD. I tried to use some ppd file for HP Laserjet 4 or something like that but the result was similar. > > > > > I noticed the following: > > the files /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and printers.conf can be read and executed > > ONLY by root. I changed the mode (using chmod) so any user > > can read the files but nothing changed: the described above printing > > problem remained the same. When I did '/etc/init.d/./cupsys restart' > > the two files again can be read and executed ONLY by root. > > > > I use debian 3.0 (woody) > > I'm running the testing version of CUPS. I'm not sure what all the changes > are between woody and testing. On my computer ownership and permission > of files in /etc/cups are: > > # ls -l /etc/cups > total 160 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Oct 16 21:46 certs -> > /var/spool/cups/certs > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2183 Feb 9 2002 client.conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1215 Jun 6 2002 command.types > -rw------- 1 lp sys 19728 Aug 20 2002 cupsd.conf > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 9 2002 interfaces > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2798 Aug 20 2002 mime.convs > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5659 Aug 20 2002 mime.types > drwxr-xr-x 2 lp sys 4096 Aug 3 2002 ppd > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94464 Oct 16 21:46 ppds.dat > -rw------- 1 lp sys 279 Oct 5 19:51 printers.conf > -rw------- 1 lp sys 279 Aug 8 2002 printers.conf.O > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 947 Aug 7 2002 pstoraster.convs > my 'ls # ls -l /etc/cups drwx--x--x 2 lp sys 4096 mar 16 18:47 certs -rw------- 1 lp sys 18394 mar 10 2002 cupsd.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 mar 13 20:27 interfaces -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2749 mar 10 2002 mime.convs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5634 mar 10 2002 mime.types drwxr-xr-x 2 lp sys 4096 mar 13 20:30 ppd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 693392 mar 15 16:38 ppds.dat -rw------- 1 lp sys 285 mar 13 20:45 printers.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 lp sys 285 mar 13 20:43 printers.conf.O I do not have client.conf file. (I use the cupsys for woody). Jan > Try running debsums against the cupsys packages to check the integrity > of the installation. > > Edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, change "LogLevel info" to "LogLevel > debug" and then restart cups. This should generate more message in the > error log and may give you better idea of what the problem is. > > > > Do you have libcupsys2 and gs-esp installed? > > > > I installed libcupsys2 but I cannot figure out whether I have gs-esp. > > What gs-esp is? Using search in dselect I cannot find it. > > Wrong guess on my part. gs-esp is version of ghostscript from Easy > Software Products (ESP). It is available in debian testing and > unstable; you should not need it with woody. > > -- > Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
