Re: cups yet again

2007-10-02 Thread Bob C
I have had what seems to be the same printer problem you describe, ever since I installed Debian Etch in February 2007 on my new computer with an amd64 type processor. My printer is an HP Deskpro 500, and the computer has a Asus p5b mainboard with Intel E6300 processor. >From time to time I have

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-07 Thread graham
Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 12:06:25 +0100, graham wrote: >> Florian Kulzer wrote: >> > That should be fixable by putting the "lp" module in /etc/modules. You were right. I'd just assumed that was there by default. After installing the lp module, I found that lprng behaved i

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-07 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 12:06:25 +0100, graham wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > >> The changelog of the newest Sid version of cupsys gives me the >> impression that there were some problems with the first Debian packages >> of the new upstream cups release (version 1.2.12-1, in Lenny right now). >>

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-07 Thread graham
Florian Kulzer wrote: The changelog of the newest Sid version of cupsys gives me the impression that there were some problems with the first Debian packages of the new upstream cups release (version 1.2.12-1, in Lenny right now). Maybe your problem ist just a case of installing at the wrong tim

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-07 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 22:05:53 +0100, graham wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: [...] >> - Is the printer reported correctly if you run >> /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel >> ? > > No: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel > direct parallel:/dev/lp0 "Unknown" "LPT #1" Maybe thi

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-07 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 07 Aug 2007, s. keeling wrote: > graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:02:07PM +0100, graham wrote: > > >> Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do > > >> when running windows - like putting a foot through the

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread s. keeling
graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:02:07PM +0100, graham wrote: > >> Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do > >> when running windows - like putting a foot through the computer). > > > > So why run cups? Use L

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread graham
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: This is, in fact, what I use. Lpr with apsfilter. Simple to setup, well documented. It works. Since Florian Kulzer is being kind enough to attempt remote diagnosis, I'll see how that goes first (also because at some later point I'd like this to be a samba print

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread graham
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 18:52:56 +0100, graham wrote: Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 17:02:07 +0100, graham wrote: I have a standard printer with a reliable driver (Brother HL5040). It was working using the parallel port on my old PC. Said PC died, replaced

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 07:14:25PM +0100, graham wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:02:07PM +0100, graham wrote: > >>Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do > >>when running windows - like putting a foot through the computer). > > > >S

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 18:52:56 +0100, graham wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 17:02:07 +0100, graham wrote: > >>> I have a standard printer with a reliable driver (Brother HL5040). It was >>> working using the parallel port on my old PC. Said PC died, replaced it >>> wi

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:02:07PM +0100, graham wrote: > Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do > when running windows - like putting a foot through the computer). So why run cups? Use LPRng and Apsfilter or foomatic print filters. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread graham
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 05:02:07PM +0100, graham wrote: Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do when running windows - like putting a foot through the computer). So why run cups? Use LPRng and Apsfilter or foomatic print filters. Dou

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread graham
Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 17:02:07 +0100, graham wrote: I have a standard printer with a reliable driver (Brother HL5040). It was working using the parallel port on my old PC. Said PC died, replaced it with a new one, installed 64bit lenny. Configured cups for printer, all

Re: cups yet again

2007-08-06 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 17:02:07 +0100, graham wrote: > Yet another cups problem (the one program which makes me feel like I do > when running windows - like putting a foot through the computer). > > I have a standard printer with a reliable driver (Brother HL5040). It was > working using the par