On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 11:42:30 -0800 "David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ric Tibbetts grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2002-02-07 at 06:57, Kevin wrote: > > > On Wednesday 06 February 2002 08:43 pm, you wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > Hopefully, *someone* can help me out here.... > > > > > > Probably someone can, but I suggest modifying the subject line a little to > > > reflect your problem. I know you're frustrated, but subjects like that > > > usually get ignored. > > Frustrated doesn't *begin* to describe it. :-) But you make a good point, > and I've modified the subject line accordingly. > > > > When you try to print something, do a: > > > > > > tail /var/log/messages > > > > > > and see if there's anything in there relating to the print (i.e. errors on > > > lp0, permissions, etc.) > > I did a "tail -f /var/log/messages" and then started KUPS. Told it to > "Test Printer" - no messages in /var/log/messages. > > > > There may also be a CUPS error log somewhere. Look in /var/log or > > > /var/spool/<cups or lpd>. > > I did find /var/spool/cups, which had a error_log file in it. I checked > that, and found the following entries from when I told KUPS to send a test > print to the printer: > > I [time] Job 10 queued on 'lp' by 'root'. > I [time] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 4888) for job 10. > I [time] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/cupsomatic (PID 4889) > for job 10. > I [time] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 4890) > for job 10. > E [time] PID 4889 stopped with status 32! > > (Where I have "[time]" is where the timestamp appeared in the log. But > since I'm typing this by hand, I figured that the timestamp wasn't that > important. :-) I'm indenting where something was actually part of the line > that's before it, since my mail program was wrapping in a way which might > have made it harder to follow.) > > That last line seems to indicate a problem, but it doesn't exactly explain > what is causing it. > > When I do a "lp some-text-file", I get the same log entries in error_log as > above, but with an extra line saying: > > I [time] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops > > with the PID and job number. Everything else is the same, including the > error message for the cupsomatic PID. > > Any thoughts on where I should look next? > > > Another useful place for errors is $HOME/.xsession-errors. I recently > > went through some problems with my printer, and found some good info > > there. Try doing a "tail -f .xsession-errors", and then launching a > > print, and see if you can capture anything useful. > > When doing that "test print" function from within KUPS, I saw the following > lines in the .xsession-errors log: > > which: no openProfile in (directories in my $PATH) > which: no webbrowsing in (directories in my $PATH) > /usr/bin/kfmclient > QMenuData::removeItem: Index -1 out of range > QMenuData::removeItem: Index -1 out of range > QMenuData::removeItem: Index -1 out of range > QMenuData::removeItem: Index -1 out of range > undecodable token: \001b(hex)[361 > QObject::connect: No such slot > CupsdServerSecurityPage::cleanupEventFilter() > QObject::connect: (sender name: 'unnamed') > QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'unnamed') Don't know if this will help but I'm noticing that sender/reciever unamed. I had a problem before setting up a printer through samba and found that using kups I had to "Name" the printer calling it lp didn't work I acutally had to give it a name (mines called Epson) as for location I used the samba name for the print share. I know yours' is local... but it might need a unique name. > > When I did the "lp some-text-file", no new messages showed up in the > .xsession-errors file. > > Any thoughts on this? > > > I know these things can be frustrating. But with enough information, the > > answer can be found. :) > > I sure hope so. :-) I'd like to be able to actually *use* my printer with > my Linux machine.... > > --Dave > -- > David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! > http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server > for PGP Public key > > >
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