Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-02 Thread Steve Kleene
On Mon 02 Apr 2012 at 01:44:00 +, I wrote: >> I tried downloading the packages manually and using "dpkg -i", but the >> chain of dependencies was getting too scary. On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:40:51 +0100, Brian replied: > ... 'dpkg -i cups-filters_1.0.11-1_i386.deb' ... That succeeded easily an

Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-02 Thread Brian
On Mon 02 Apr 2012 at 01:44:00 +, Steve Kleene wrote: > "Sid" instead of "unstable" also fails. I tried downloading the packages > manually and using "dpkg -i", but the chain of dependencies was getting too > scary. The dependencies for cups-filters in unstable are different from those in te

Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-01 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 19:18:23 +, I wrote: >> I'm running testing (Wheezy). A couple of weeks ago a problem >> started with printing to my parallel printer (HP LaserJet 5MP). On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 23:01:22 +0100, Brian replied: > Read the bugs for cups-filters and decide wh

Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-01 Thread Brian
On Sun 01 Apr 2012 at 19:18:23 +, Steve Kleene wrote: > If I cancel the print job, the job is deleted from the list, but the printer > Status is still "Processing" and process 8190 hangs around. The calling > process (8014) is /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. > > Any ideas how to fix

Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-01 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 19:18:23 +, I wrote: >> I'm running testing (Wheezy). A couple of weeks ago a problem >> started with printing to my parallel printer (HP LaserJet 5MP). On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:51:44 +0100, richard replied: > there has been some problems with cups,

Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-01 Thread richard
On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 19:18:23 + Steve Kleene wrote: > I'm running testing (Wheezy). A couple of weeks ago a problem > started with printing to my parallel printer (HP LaserJet 5MP). > > This test with a PostScript file succeeds: > cat test.ps >/dev/lp0 > so the p

print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-01 Thread Steve Kleene
I'm running testing (Wheezy). A couple of weeks ago a problem started with printing to my parallel printer (HP LaserJet 5MP). This test with a PostScript file succeeds: cat test.ps >/dev/lp0 so the printer itself isn't busted. But this fails: lpr -P HP_LaserJet_5MP -o InputSl

Cups Printing problem with USB to Parallel printer Cable

2012-02-27 Thread Wayne Topa
Debian Users I have been plagued with an annoying problems with cups lately. I have to unplug the usb cable every time I try to print from X and then the console. I finally found what is causing this but not where the problem is. This is on Sid and on Wheezy/Testing. Here is what I found. On

Re: local (parallel) printer does not show up when configuring cups

2006-06-11 Thread Eike Lantzsch
On Saturday 10 June 2006 21:34, Christopher Nelson wrote: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 09:09:13PM -0400, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > > > > Anyway I still don't get a printout. CUPS-setup via http://localhost:631 > > still does not show lp. But with KDE I can configure the printer, CUPS > > then sees it.

Re: local (parallel) printer does not show up when configuring cups

2006-06-10 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 09:09:13PM -0400, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > Anyway I still don't get a printout. CUPS-setup via http://localhost:631 > still > does not show lp. But with KDE I can configure the printer, CUPS then sees > it. But when I submit a printjob I get the error: "Printer not conn

Re: local (parallel) printer does not show up when configuring cups

2006-06-10 Thread Eike Lantzsch
On Saturday 10 June 2006 19:29, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote: > Þann 2006-06-10, 18:12:58 (-0400) skrifaði Eike Lantzsch: > > Somehow my parallel devices /dev/lp0 to /dev/lp2 have evaporated. No > > hardware problem - I can print with that unloved "OS" from Redmond. > > I got devices in /dev/.stati

Re: local (parallel) printer does not show up when configuring cups

2006-06-10 Thread Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Þann 2006-06-10, 18:12:58 (-0400) skrifaði Eike Lantzsch: > Somehow my parallel devices /dev/lp0 to /dev/lp2 have evaporated. No hardware > problem - I can print with that unloved "OS" from Redmond. > I got devices in /dev/.static/dev/lp0 but I cannot "cat printtest.txt > > /dev/.static/dev/lp0"

local (parallel) printer does not show up when configuring cups

2006-06-10 Thread Eike Lantzsch
Hi: Debian unstable kernel 2.6.15 patched for ttyUSB (why is this still not in the Debian kernel image?) but stock kernel 2.6.16-2-k7 does not make a difference CUPS 1.2.1 Somehow my parallel devices /dev/lp0 to /dev/lp2 have evaporated. No hardware problem - I can print with that unloved "OS"

Parallel printer

2001-04-29 Thread Roberto Lionello
Hello, I'm trying to set up a parallel printer on one of our PCs, running Debian 2.2. The kernel is 2.2.17 and I've installed the parport, parport_pc, and lp modules. The printer is a Textronix Phaser 140. dmesg reports this: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [SPP,PS2,EPP] lp0: usin

Re: Need help setting up parallel printer

2001-01-09 Thread D-Man
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 08:47:22PM -0500, David Shepherd wrote: | 'modprobe lp' gives me | modprobe: Can't locate module lp | | This is/was a stock debian kernel from an official CD. | | Anything else I can try, or do I have to recompile the kernel (I've never | done it before). | Can I som

Re: Need help setting up parallel printer

2001-01-09 Thread mikepolniak
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 08:56:30PM -0500, David B. Harris wrote: > To quote "David Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > # 'modprobe lp' gives me > # modprobe: Can't locate module lp > # > # This is/was a stock debian kernel from an official CD. > # > # Anything else I can try, or do I have to rec

Re: Need help setting up parallel printer

2001-01-09 Thread David B . Harris
To quote "David Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # 'modprobe lp' gives me # modprobe: Can't locate module lp # # This is/was a stock debian kernel from an official CD. # # Anything else I can try, or do I have to recompile the kernel (I've never # done it before). # Can I somehow grab the sto

RE: Need help setting up parallel printer

2001-01-09 Thread David Shepherd
lease excuse my lack of kernel knowledge - I'm learning fast Dave -Original Message- From: David B. Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 10 January 2001 2:44 p.m. To: David Shepherd Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Need help setting up pa

Re: Need help setting up parallel printer

2001-01-09 Thread Matthew Dalton
David Shepherd wrote: > > Typing 'insmod lp' > gives me > insmod: lp: no module by that name found > > typing find / -name 'lp.o' > finds nothing > > How should I install this module? It sounds like you've recompiled your kernel at some stage, since you don't have all of the modules com

Re: Need help setting up parallel printer

2001-01-09 Thread David B . Harris
To quote "David Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Typing 'insmod lp' 'insmod' takes a real file as an argument; for instance, 'insmod /lib/modules/2.4.0c/kernel/drivers/block/paride/paride.o'. 'modprobe', however, doesn't need the whole file, just the name(in my example, "paride"). # gives me #

RE: Need help setting up parallel printer

2001-01-09 Thread David Shepherd
. To: David Shepherd Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Need help setting up parallel printer David Shepherd wrote: > > I've just switched from Redhat 6.2 to Debian 2.2r2 and can't get my > DeskJet695C working. > Everything worked fine under RH using pr

Re: Need help setting up parallel printer

2001-01-09 Thread Matthew Dalton
David Shepherd wrote: > > I've just switched from Redhat 6.2 to Debian 2.2r2 and can't get my > DeskJet695C working. > Everything worked fine under RH using printtool to set it up. [cut] > When I try > > echo "this is a test" > /dev/lp0 > > I get > > su: /dev/lp0: No such devi

Need help setting up parallel printer

2001-01-08 Thread David Shepherd
I've just switched from Redhat 6.2 to Debian 2.2r2 and can't get my DeskJet695C working. Everything worked fine under RH using printtool to set it up. /var/log/messages shows the following lines... Jan 9 09:39:58 monster kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [SPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2] Jan 9

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-07 Thread Jo Geraerts
Hello, On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Jeffrey S. Coppock wrote: > lprng several times, I decided to try lpr. LPR WORKS! I don't know > what the difference is, but it's enough. I reinstalled magicfilter Great. But i'm still wondering what whet wrong with lprng. In that previous mail with the result of the

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-06 Thread Jeffrey S. Coppock
GREAT NEWS!!! It's working! I don't really understand why, but I was able to narrow it down to lpr as the culprit (with several peoples help). So, after reinstalling lprng several times, I decided to try lpr. LPR WORKS! I don't know what the difference is, but it's enough. I reinstalled ma

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-06 Thread Jeffrey S. Coppock
Okay, here's where I'm at: I checked the permissions of the log directories and files and the files are all set to 0660. LPR is setuid root [I used 'find / -perm -4000 -print' to check ] I tried 'lpr -D 1 ' and got this: bash$ lpr -D 1 dell_specs.txt 2001-01-06-17:29:32.042 [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-06 Thread David Reviejo
Hi, * Jo Geraerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010106 18:41]: > On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, David Reviejo wrote: > > > > I chmod 0666 /dev/lp0 and it worked without su. > > Don't do this. The /dev/lp? devices are 0660 by default, with group > > "lp"; you only need to add the user who need to use the printer > >

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-06 Thread Jo Geraerts
Hello On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, David Reviejo wrote: > > I chmod 0666 /dev/lp0 and it worked without su. > Don't do this. The /dev/lp? devices are 0660 by default, with group > "lp"; you only need to add the user who need to use the printer > to the "lp" group (this work too for another devices: group

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-06 Thread David Reviejo
* Jeffrey S. Coppock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010106 15:32]: > Jo, et al; > > I tried the echo redirect below and was told 'permission denied', so I > tried it as root and it worked, the printer printed the message. > > I chmod 0666 /dev/lp0 and it worked without su. Don't do this. The /dev/lp? devi

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-06 Thread Jo Geraerts
Hello, On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Jeffrey S. Coppock wrote: > I tried the echo redirect below and was told 'permission denied', so I > tried it as root and it worked, the printer printed the message. > I chmod 0666 /dev/lp0 and it worked without su. So it isn't the kernel config that's wrong. > The l

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-05 Thread Jeffrey S. Coppock
Jo, et al; I tried the echo redirect below and was told 'permission denied', so I tried it as root and it worked, the printer printed the message. I chmod 0666 /dev/lp0 and it worked without su. I tried tried lpr -Plp and it wouldn't work with or without su. On the magicfilter config, are you

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-05 Thread Jo Geraerts
Hello, On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Jeffrey S. Coppock wrote: > Jan 4 07:36:20 localhost kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, > dma 3 [SPP,ECP,ECPPS2] > Jan 4 07:36:21 localhost kernel: parport_probe: succeeded > Jan 4 07:36:21 localhost kernel: parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJE

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-04 Thread JParker
k" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/04/01 08:03 AM                 To:        debian laptop list , debian user list         cc:        [EMAIL PROTECTED]         Subject:        Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem Well, it's still doesn't work.  I've added an options line in the /etc/modul

Re: Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-04 Thread Jeffrey S. Coppock
Well, it's still doesn't work. I've added an options line in the /etc/modules.conf file specifying io=0x378 dma=3 irq=7. With lp reloaded, I see in the /proc/parport/0 that these options are set and that my printer is being seen. The syslog shows the following: Jan 4 07:36:20 localhost kern

Parallel Printer Port Problem

2001-01-03 Thread Jeffrey S. Coppock
Anyone, I recently got the newest Dell Latitude CPx laptop and I've installed it with stable 2.2.18. I've got about everything worked out but the sound and the parallel printer port. I need help with the parport. It won't work. Here's everything I can think of to

Re: Parallel printer no longer found--solved

1999-02-08 Thread Curt Daugaard
A reboot brought my printer to life. I must admit I tried the standard Microsoft remedy more than once in trying to fix this problem. I'm not sure why it worked this time. My thanks to Nils and others who responded to my post. Curt [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Parallel printer no longer found

1999-02-08 Thread Curt Daugaard
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 10:17:35AM +0100, Nils Rennebarth wrote: > On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 08:59:49PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: > > The problem is _no_ device on any port is found, so no device works--not > > /dev/lp0, lp1, lp2, or lp3. So adjusting the printcap won't help. > Is lp a module or c

Re: Parallel printer no longer found

1999-02-08 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 08:59:49PM -0600, Curt Daugaard wrote: > The problem is _no_ device on any port is found, so no device works--not > /dev/lp0, lp1, lp2, or lp3. So adjusting the printcap won't help. Is lp a module or compiled in? What do the startup message say then? Nils -- *

Re: Parallel printer no longer found

1999-02-08 Thread Curt Daugaard
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 05:42:22PM -0800, David Stern wrote: > On Sun, 07 Feb 1999 16:37:15 CST, Curt Daugaard wrote: > > After upgrading to the 2.2.1 kernel on a Slink system my old NEC P6 printer > > is no longer found at boot or in /proc/devices. The boot messages reads > > > > lp: driver load

Parallel printer no longer found

1999-02-07 Thread Curt Daugaard
After upgrading to the 2.2.1 kernel on a Slink system my old NEC P6 printer is no longer found at boot or in /proc/devices. The boot messages reads lp: driver loaded but no devices found I'm using modules (parport and parport_pc) for printer support, which I also used successfully under a 2.