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Titel: RE: Works now.. and I don
 Verfasst am: 13.06.2006, 01:02 Uhr
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I've upgraded repeatedly and followed all the advice here but my print system remains dead. Everytime I enter the KDE printers section in control center it reports an error "Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: host not found". Changing the host field to localhost in Cups Server under Print Manager just gives a different error: "Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: the IPP request failed for an unknown reason". Trying to configure the Print Server results in an error popup complaining about a heap of configuration options not understood by kcontrol. It just seems that something is horribly now broken between cups and kde? I don't understand how this can get broken in sid for so many days and not get fixed by now?
I tried to configure my printer directly pointing my browser at localhost:631 but the dialog prompts me for "cups" user password which does not look right? And configuring the printer outside of KDE can't be a proper solution.
Have the rest of you all got your printers going again? |
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Verfasst am: 13.06.2006, 01:50 Uhr
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markb I have similar reports when attempting to print after a cold boot.
The only remedy I have found is to reinstall the printer driver and restart the
server. I have to do this after every reboot.
I've examined all the CUPS config files after a reboot (ie printer won't work)
and after reinstalling the driver (ie. printer works) and can find no difference
between them.
BUT MOST SIGNICANTLY I have observed that after a reboot I have no
/dev/lp0 but after reinstalling the printer driver I find that a /dev/lp0 has been
created.
Although I have a permanently connected parallel port printer I suspect a problem
with udev. |
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Titel: RE: Works now.. and I don
Verfasst am: 13.06.2006, 02:07 Uhr
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markb
I think I've tried everything here and no success. I have seen that same message from kprinter. I don't usually use KDE so I tried configuring everything from the web interface for cups. I logged in as root. I can remove and install printers. Everything looks fine until I try the "print a test page". It queues the page and changes the status to "printer is offline".
I was able to print a postscript file with a rather long command line that bypassed cups.
I have tried dist-upgrade twice. Once leaving the old cups conf and the second time allowing the cups conf to be updated. I have tried purging cups and then reinstalling. No luck.
I have reinstalled a partition image I made before my latest "dist-upgrade" and I can print again using the old cups. Of course this ends dist-upgrades for me until this problem is solved. It is rather frustrating but I guess Debian unstable is just ... unstable. |
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Verfasst am: 13.06.2006, 09:44 Uhr
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This isn't a general issue. My experience starting with 2005-04 and dist-upgrading most days :
1. Set up printers after installation
2. In March foomatic files changed and unable to 'find' any Samsung printer via localhost:631 but can find it through kde print manager
3. In May, localhost:631 finds some Samsung printers but not mine
3. In May, kde print manager disappeared from menu but can still get to it via control centre
4. In June, first CUPS changes - had to delete and reinstall printers
5. Second CUPS changes - had to delete and reinstall printers as the CUPS means of assignment changes; at this stage I need to have a printer switched on in order to add it (no more usb1, usb2 . .)
6. kde print manager appears back in the menu in one of the kde upgrades
Currently, no print problems at all with my 2 USB printers.
Is the ongoing print problem associated with the starting point? Mine was 2005-04; is it starting with Easter-RC4 or Cebit that's causing the problems? Or, as just noticed on another thread, is this just a parallel port printer problem?
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Verfasst am: 13.06.2006, 10:34 Uhr
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Did you do this:
Afterwards you might also change /etc/cups/cups.d/ports.conf this way:
Code:
Listen localhost:631
# Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock
after re-installing cupsys? |
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Verfasst am: 13.06.2006, 11:14 Uhr
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anticapitalista hat folgendes geschrieben::
Did you do this:
Afterwards you might also change /etc/cups/cups.d/ports.conf this way:
Code:
Listen localhost:631
# Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock
after re-installing cupsys?
Yep. My file had both those lines active. I commented out the file socket but it made no difference.
To drb, mine is a clean Easter RC4 install updated frequently since in the normal manner. I remember the Printer menu item disappearing but have not had an actual problem with my (parallel) printer until a few days ago after an update. Seems to me cups has changed in some new way which KDE needs to re-negotiate? |
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Verfasst am: 13.06.2006, 11:38 Uhr
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Anyone else using a parallel port printer?
If so then after you boot up look in /dev. Do you have a lp0 file?
I don't!! |
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Verfasst am: 13.06.2006, 12:58 Uhr
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OK. I'm getting somewhere!!
Typing lsmod in the console reveals that the lp module is not loaded at boot time.
Typing modprobe lp (as root) brings the printer back online. Hooray!
Now I have to find out howto ensure the lp module is loaded at boot time.
Anyone have a quick rundown on auto loading kernel modules before I start googling? |
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Verfasst am: 13.06.2006, 14:37 Uhr
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drb hat folgendes geschrieben::
Is the ongoing print problem associated with the starting point? Mine was 2005-04; is it starting with Easter-RC4 or Cebit that's causing the problems? Or, as just noticed on another thread, is this just a parallel port printer problem?
Not just parallel port: my USB printer does not work. problem seems to be cups or maybe KDE. actually, i have a multifunction scanner/printer and while the printer function does not work and i get cups errors (see my post above) - the scanner function OF THE SAME UNIT (epson cx3200) works fine.
As for starting point: my starting point is Easter-RC2, but I use an older kernel (2.6.15-6-kanotix-1) due to wireless compatibility issues. I dist-upgrade about every day or two. |
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Verfasst am: 14.06.2006, 08:40 Uhr
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Verfasst am: 14.06.2006, 15:09 Uhr
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I've solved my problem.
I purged cups and reinstalled all packages removed. I am using the new cupsd.conf file.
I turned on debug and looked through the cups error log file. Googling on "LPGETSTATUS returned a port status of 08", I found this forum thread:
http://www.easysw.com/~mike/cups/str.ph ... C0+I0+E0+Q
I couldn't get cups to accept this uri type. So I hand edited printers.conf replacing the "usb://MINOLTA ... blah .. blah" DeviceURI with "file:/dev/usb/lp0".
(Note: only one slash after the "file:") "/dev/usb/lp0" is the location of my USB printer.
I'm not sure why this works but I hope this helps others. |
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Verfasst am: 15.06.2006, 04:31 Uhr
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greybeard hat folgendes geschrieben::
I've solved my problem.
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I hand edited printers.conf replacing the "usb://MINOLTA ... blah .. blah" DeviceURI with "file:/dev/usb/lp0". (Note: only one slash after the "file:") "/dev/usb/lp0" is the location of my USB printer.
I'm not sure why this works but I hope this helps others.
THANK YOU!!! editing printers.conf did the trick!!! |
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Verfasst am: 16.06.2006, 05:52 Uhr
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Thanks, gardyloo...http://localhost:631/printers/ worked for me!  |
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Verfasst am: 16.06.2006, 22:24 Uhr
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I still can't print. I tried hubi's suggestion & went to install my printer & get an authorization dialog asking for my username & password & I entered root as username & password & it worked. I still couldn't print until I disabled "Set As Local Default" which is now greyed out. I WAS then able to print a test page, but I still get the message when trying to print with Kate. "An error occurred while retrieving the printer list:
Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: host not found"
Local Parallel Printer
Device: parallel:/dev/lp0
URI: ipp:/worldsend:631/printers/EpsonC60
Type: DB driver
Manufacturer: EPSON
Model: Stylus C60
Description: Epson Stylus C60 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.0-rc3 [English]
Server: localhost 631
root@WorldsEnd:/home/joyboy# apt-cache policy cupsys
cupsys:
Installed: 1.2.1-2
I don't know what else to do. This should be in the News section too, I think. Something's definately screwy about this. |
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Verfasst am: 17.06.2006, 00:58 Uhr
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| maybe try greybeard's suggestion, substituting "parallel" for "usb" |
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Verfasst am: 17.06.2006, 02:48 Uhr
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jiro:
Do mean to edit the 6th line "DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0" to read
"DeviceURI parallel:/dev/parallel/lp0" ? Below is my file. Thanks, kurt
root@WorldsEnd:/home/joyboy# cat /etc/cups/printers.conf
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.2.1
# Written by cupsd on 2006-06-16 14:04
<DefaultPrinter EpsonC60>
Info EPSON Stylus C60
Location
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
State Idle
StateTime 1150491694
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer> |
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Verfasst am: 17.06.2006, 02:49 Uhr
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greybeard hat folgendes geschrieben::
So I hand edited printers.conf replacing the "usb://MINOLTA ... blah .. blah" DeviceURI with "file:/dev/usb/lp0".
My hero  The address in my /etc/cups/printer.conf said usb:/dev/usb/lp0. After I replaced "usb" with "file" my printer now works like a charm. Thanks |
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Verfasst am: 17.06.2006, 06:18 Uhr
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2radical hat folgendes geschrieben::
jiro:
Do mean to edit the 6th line "DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0" to read
"DeviceURI parallel:/dev/parallel/lp0" ? Below is my file. Thanks, kurt
root@WorldsEnd:/home/joyboy# cat /etc/cups/printers.conf
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.2.1
# Written by cupsd on 2006-06-16 14:04
<DefaultPrinter EpsonC60>
Info EPSON Stylus C60
Location
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
. . .
</Printer>
hmmm... seems like what you can try is to edit that line to read:
DeviceURI file:/dev/lp0 |
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Verfasst am: 17.06.2006, 15:38 Uhr
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| Well that didn't work. I tried to print with Kate a small document & while no error messages popped up, nothing happened. It just remains in the job list which I remove. It looks as though I'll have to wait for the appropriate dist-upgrade. I'm currently using KDE 3.5.3. I hope a fix for this happens soon. I've tried everything suggested here. Thanks, kurt |
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Verfasst am: 17.06.2006, 15:55 Uhr
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2radical,
FWIW, my parallel Epson Color Stylus 640 is printing again after following hubi's directions. Your printers.conf settings appear to be the same as mine. Even after taking notes, I'm not sure exactly what I did - the printer was still balking until I restarted cupsys
/etc/init.d/cupsys restart
Let me know if there is anything on my system you'd like me to check.
EDIT - whatever I did last night did not survive rebooting. I'm back to no printing on my Kanotix machine. |
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Verfasst am: 18.06.2006, 01:53 Uhr
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After restarting cupsys I received a server-error message when I tried to print
root@WorldsEnd:/home/joyboy# /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd.
A print error occurred. Error message received from system:
cupsdoprint -P 'EpsonC60' -J 'bzpost' -H 'localhost:631' -U 'joyboy' -o ' copies=1 multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-collated-copies orientation-requested=3' '/tmp/kde-joyboy/kdeprint_GD0aXHPm' : execution failed with message:
server-error-service-unavailable
This is crazy. Settings should survive a reboot I would think. I don't know how to fix this |
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Verfasst am: 18.06.2006, 13:01 Uhr
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neal & 2eadical
After reboot do you have a /dev/lp0 file?
I didn't.
So I did "modprobe lp", restarted CIPS and could print OK.
I believe this can be made permanent with "update-modules".
So it should survive a reboot.
I don't know why a /dev/lp0 is not created but the above is a solution |
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Verfasst am: 18.06.2006, 14:19 Uhr
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| It is not created on the fly, while USBLP is also loaded. But one other thing happen than, the printers are found, but never connected to the right printer-queue. may be a fault by Cups or Printer-queue. |
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Verfasst am: 18.06.2006, 16:45 Uhr
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clubex: I did what you suggested twice. The first time didn't work--I had the same server error message trying to print I had been getting. Before trying it the second time, I did "shutdown -r now" THEN tried it again, & now I can print once again. I don't feel like re-booting right now again to see if the changes stuck with the "update-modules" command cause I have stuff I need to get printed, but thanks for the help : } I'm not clear about why I needed to reboot first before entering those commands, but I'm glad it finally worked.
root@WorldsEnd:/home/joyboy# modprobe lp
root@WorldsEnd:/home/joyboy# /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd.
root@WorldsEnd:/home/joyboy# update-modules
root@WorldsEnd:/home/joyboy# |
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Verfasst am: 18.06.2006, 17:25 Uhr
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2radical. Glad to be of some help to you.
My system detects my parallel port printer but somehow
doesn't create a /dev/lp0 for it. I don't know why. Perhaps
CUPS isn't teling udev to create /dev/lp0. But I'm just guessing.
I'm on holiday from tomorrow and hopefullly it'll all sorted by the
time I get back. |
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