[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#506181: cups: Can't add local printers

Ken Bloom kbloom at gmail.com
Wed Nov 19 03:23:01 UTC 2008


Package: cups
Version: 1.3.8-1lenny2
Severity: grave
Justification: makes package mostly unusable on new installs

I can't add local printers in this version of cups. The localhost:631
web interface doesn't list them as an option, and the kcontrol
printing control panel has the "Local Printer" option grayed out.

Running dpkg-reconfigure cups and reselecting the backends doesn't fix
this. I have confirmed that these backedns are enabled after running
dpkg-reconfigure cups, but I still can't add a local printer.

[bloom at little-cat-a thesisproposal]$ ls /usr/lib/cups/backend
beh*    hp*     http*  lpd*       ptal*  serial*  snmp*    usb*
dnssd*  hpfax*  ipp*   parallel*  scsi*  smb@     socket*

Upgrading to 1.3.9-4 from experimental fixes this.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.5-amd64-1ken (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser               3.110              add and remove users and groups
ii  cups-common           1.3.8-1lenny2      Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24             Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript           8.62.dfsg.1-3.1    The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-compat-libdn 0.6.23-2           Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility 
ii  libc6                 2.7-16             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2              1.3.8-1lenny2      Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2         1.3.8-1lenny2      Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3           1.2.1-4            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgnutls26           2.4.2-3            the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2         2.4.11-1           OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g              1.0.1-4+b1         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          5.10.0-17          Core Perl modules
ii  procps                1:3.2.7-9          /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert              1.0.23             simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  xpdf-utils [poppler-u 3.02-1.4           Portable Document Format (PDF) sui

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  avahi-utils           0.6.23-2           Avahi browsing, publishing and dis
ii  cups-client           1.3.8-1lenny2      Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  foomatic-filters      3.0.2-20080211-3.2 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  smbclient             2:3.2.4-1          a LanManager-like simple client fo

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd                1.3.8-1lenny2    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-3        HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-japa <none>           (no description available)

-- debconf information:
* cupsys/raw-print: false
* cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, scsi, serial, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd





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