Package: printconf Version: 0.7.4.8 Severity: important See terminal session below. I had to copy printer.conf to printers.conf and back in /etc/cups for printconf to work.
$ sudo printconf Configuring Epson Stylus Photo 890 on usb:/dev/usb/lp0 with gimp-print-ijs driver as queue "stylus_photo_890". Cannot read printers.conf file! Reloading printing system service: cupsd. If printconf was unable to install all of your printers, please visit http://www.linuxprinting.org/ for printer information and support from fellow users. $ ls /etc/cups certs command.types mime.convs ppd raw.convs classes.conf cupsd.conf mime.types ppds.dat raw.types client.conf interfaces pdftops.conf printer.conf $ ls -l /etc/cups yhteensà 80 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-04-15 14:22 certs -> /var/lib/cups/certs -rw-r----- 1 root lpadmin 98 2005-04-15 14:12 classes.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2204 2005-02-26 10:15 client.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1215 2005-04-01 01:30 command.types -rw-r----- 1 root lpadmin 21795 2005-03-05 07:10 cupsd.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-03-05 07:10 interfaces -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4458 2005-03-05 07:10 mime.convs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5796 2005-03-05 07:10 mime.types lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2005-04-15 14:22 pdftops.conf -> ../xpdf/xpdfrcdrwxr-xr-x 2 root lpadmin 4096 2005-03-05 07:10 ppd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8528 2005-04-15 14:22 ppds.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-04-15 13:57 printer.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 242 2005-04-15 14:22 raw.convs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 213 2005-04-15 14:22 raw.types $ cd /etc/cups $ sudo ln -s printer.conf printers.conf $ sudo printconf Configuring Epson Stylus Photo 890 on usb:/dev/usb/lp0 with gimp-print-ijs driver as queue "stylus_photo_890". Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at /usr/share/perl5/Foomatic/DB.pm line 3432. Reloading printing system service: cupsd. If printconf was unable to install all of your printers, please visit http://www.linuxprinting.org/ for printer information and support from fellow users. $ ls -l yhteensà 88 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-04-15 14:22 certs -> /var/lib/cups/certs -rw-r----- 1 root lpadmin 98 2005-04-15 14:12 classes.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2204 2005-02-26 10:15 client.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1215 2005-04-01 01:30 command.types -rw-r----- 1 root lpadmin 21795 2005-03-05 07:10 cupsd.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-03-05 07:10 interfaces -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4458 2005-03-05 07:10 mime.convs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5796 2005-03-05 07:10 mime.types lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 2005-04-15 14:22 pdftops.conf -> ../xpdf/xpdfrcdrwxr-xr-x 2 root lpadmin 4096 2005-04-15 14:25 ppd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8528 2005-04-15 14:22 ppds.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2005-04-15 13:57 printer.conf -rw-r----- 1 root lpadmin 320 2005-04-15 14:25 printers.conf -rw-r----- 1 root lpadmin 302 2005-04-15 14:25 printers.conf.O -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 242 2005-04-15 14:22 raw.convs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 213 2005-04-15 14:22 raw.types $ sudo cp printers.conf printer.conf -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686 Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages printconf depends on: ii cupsys 1.1.23-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - ii cupsys-client 1.1.23-7 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.48 Debian configuration management sy ii foomatic-db 20050403-1 linuxprinting.org printer support ii foomatic-db-gimp-print 4.2.7-9 linuxprinting.org printer support ii foomatic-db-hpijs 1.5-20050403-1 linuxprinting.org printer support ii gs 8.01-5 Transitional package ii gs-gpl [gs] 8.01-5 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript int ii python 2.3.5-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-foomatic 0.7.4.8 Python interface to the Foomatic p -- debconf information: * printconf/setup_printers: true printconf/printconf_run: true
