Public bug reported: I'm running CUPS on localhost. The `lpq` command reports the owner of the job as "(null)" and the File(s) in the job as "untitled". In addition to being wrong, these values are incorrect.
walt@wombat:~(0)$ id uid=1000(walt) gid=1000(walt) groups=1000(walt),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),46(plugdev),112(lpadmin),120(admin),122(sambashare),126(libvirtd),143(wireshark),1001(motion) walt@wombat:~(0)$ date | lpr -T test-T -C test-C -J test-J walt@wombat:~(0)$ lpq hold is not ready Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size 1st (null) 182 untitled 1024 bytes 2nd (null) 183 untitled 0 bytes 3rd (null) 184 untitled 1024 bytes ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: cups-bsd 1.5.0-8ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Dec 13 23:45:30 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) Lpstat: device for hold: serial:/dev/null device for PDF: cups-pdf:/ device for wdeskjet: ipp://aardvark/ipp/deskjet MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude D630 Papersize: letter PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: no card PpdFiles: PDF: Generic CUPS-PDF Printer wdeskjet: HP Deskjet 6980 Series, hpcups 3.11.7 hold: Generic PostScript Printer hold: Generic PostScript Printer ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic root=UUID=4e877637-80e7-4c89-a3b1-5416035e3215 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (60 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/04/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A17 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA17:bd01/04/2010:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeD630:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude D630 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: cups (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/904093 Title: lpq reports Owner "(null)" and File(s) "untitled" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/904093/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs