I found what I was ding wrong: >>> > The printer has stopped working! I'm suspicious of the >>> > dependency-based sequencing since that was the only upgrade which >>> > mentioned the printer, but another one of the upgrades may well have >>> > disturbed the printing system. Before I start the tedious debugging > > I have attempted to use insserv to get the printer daemons running > after cupsd starts, with no success. I have set up a file > /etc/insserv.d.conf/printers: > > debianrob:/etc/insserv.conf.d# cat printers > #RJH > # Define $printers to be the CUPS daemon (cupsd) > # Other printer daemons (at least, the Canon one) must start after > CUPS is running. > $printers cups > > The headers for my Canon printer daemon in init.d are: > > debianrob:/etc/init.d# head -20 ccpd > #!/bin/sh > # startup script for Canon Printer Daemon for CUPS (ccpd) > # Modified for Debian GNU/Linux > #RJH 13 May 2012 > ### BEGIN INIT INFO > # Provides: ccpd > # Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog $printers > # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog > # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 > # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 > # Short-Description: Start ccpd at boot time > # Description: Enable the Canon Printer Daemon for CUPS > ### END INIT INFO > DAEMON=/usr/sbin/ccpd > LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/ccpd > NAME=ccpd > DESC="Canon Printer Daemon for CUPS" > ...
This was all correct, but, at the end of it all, I needed to do: insserv ccpd to register the new script. I found this on the novell web site where the manual entry for insserv(8) specifically points this out for slow learners like me :-) Cheers, Rob Hurle -- ----------------------------- Rob Hurle ANU, College of Asia and the Pacific School of Culture, History and Language Histories of Asia and the Pacific e-mail: [email protected] Mobile (in VN): +84 948 243 538 Mobile (in OZ): +61 417 293 603 ----------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cabms7vipfmwugxp6lcs0cc8c0nm+2a8efzowh9enhsqk0nk...@mail.gmail.com
