Sorry, sent this to the wrong address -------- Original Message -------- Subject: print jobs not getting to printer after upgrade Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 17:55:52 +0100 From: Clive Menzies <cl...@clivemenzies.co.uk> To: sub...@bugs.debian.org CC: Maggie Dusnic <mag...@clivemenzies.co.uk>
Hi This may or may not be related to this bug. We have a couple of servers running etch, with printers attached using cups. My partner and I have workstations running lenny and squeeze respectively, similarly running cups. At some point recently (within the last couple of months) we both lost the ability to print from Iceweasel. Jobs just disappeared into a 'black hole', not appearing in 'jobs' on localhost. Eventually, we tracked down the problem/solution to this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/226227 "When I commented the line: AuthInfoRequired username,password In my /etc/cups/printers.conf I could print from GTK apps as well" We commented out the line, as recommended, on 27 April and the problem was resolved. I last printed from Iceweasel on Saturday 2nd May. Today the problem recurred. I guess at some point over the last few days, cupsys has been upgraded and the printers.conf file overwritten; my previous comments had gone. I re-commented the offending lines and printing from Iceweasel resumed. There ought to be the default option to retain your existing printers.conf file. Regards Clive
