Package: cups
Version: 1.3.8-1+lenny8
Severity: normal
Summary: If the backend for a particular printer is turned off, adding
printers of that interface type fail with a confusing error message and
documentation suggesting fixes is apparently not available.
Steps to reproduce:
(Note that these steps are reconstructed from memory.)
1. Add a networked printer to one's network (in my case, a Brother HL-5370DW)
and obtain the proper PPD file.
2. Ensure the "socket" communication backend is turned off in dpkg-reconfigure.
3. Use "lpinfo" to check for the printer and note that it appears; in my case:
# lpinfo -v
[...]
network socket://10.0.0.3
[...]
4. Use "lpadmin" to add the printer; in my case:
# lpadmin -p foo -v socket://10.0.0.3 -m foo.ppd -E
Actual behavior:
* lpadmin fails with a confusing error message; in my case:
lpadmin: Bad device-uri "socket://10.0.0.3"!
* /usr/share/doc/cups/README.txt.gz contains nothing about printer backends
not being active and I didn't see anything in the documentation in the web
interface either.
* "Bad device-uri" is a very generic error message and none of Google hits
that I could find were relevant.
Expected behavior:
* Error message reflects the fact that the "socket" backend is not installed
and points to the documentation.
* Documentation explains how to install the backend (dpkg-reconfigure cups).
Comments:
* Thanks for your hard work on Debian!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.6
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii adduser 3.110 add and remove users and groups
ii cups-common 1.3.8-1+lenny8 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii debconf [debcon 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii ghostscript 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny5 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii libavahi-compat 0.6.23-3lenny2 Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility
ii libc6 2.7-18lenny4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcups2 1.3.8-1+lenny8 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libcupsimage2 1.3.8-1+lenny8 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-5+lenny1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libgnutls26 2.4.2-6+lenny2 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libkrb53 1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-5lenny4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libldap-2.4-2 2.4.11-1+lenny2 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-5+lenny1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpaper1 1.1.23+nmu1 library for handling paper charact
ii libslp1 1.2.1-7.5 OpenSLP libraries
ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii perl-modules 5.10.0-19lenny2 Core Perl modules
ii procps 1:3.2.7-11 /proc file system utilities
ii ssl-cert 1.0.23 simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii xpdf-utils [pop 3.02-1.4+lenny2 Portable Document Format (PDF) sui
Versions of packages cups recommends:
pn avahi-utils <none> (no description available)
ii cups-client 1.3.8-1+lenny8 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20080211-3.2 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii smbclient 2:3.2.5-4lenny13 a LanManager-like simple client fo
Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii cups-bsd 1.3.8-1+lenny8 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
pn cups-driver-gutenprint <none> (no description available)
pn cups-pdf <none> (no description available)
ii foomatic-db 20080211-2+nmu1 OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii foomatic-db-engine 3.0.2-20080211-1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
ii hplip 2.8.6.b-4 HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
pn xpdf-korean | xpdf-japa <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
* cupsys/raw-print: true
* cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, serial, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd
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