[gentoo-user] printer
Hi everyone I am now forced to replace my epson printer. Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ? Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ... So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome ! -- Stéphane Guedon | www.22decembre.eu Protegez vos courriers sur internet aussi, utilisez gpg ! http://www.22decembre.eu/2012/02/27/proteger-vos-courriels-avec-gpg/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Printer
Hi all, gentoo-4.4.26, amd64, Epson D120 I can't neither print nor open localhost:631 Yesterday I stopped the printer hardly by pushing the STOP button. I could at this time go in localhost:31 and tried to stop the action in "jobs" and made some settings (I don't remember which !!). nano /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is empty Bureau cahn # /etc/init.d/cupsd start * Starting cupsd ... * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/cupsd' * Failed to start cupsd [ !! ] * ERROR: cupsd failed to start Thank you for helping me to make my printer work again
[gentoo-user] Printer
Hi, For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction printer, copier. I ask you for an idea which one they could buy. For example: Multifonction A3 HP Officejet Pro 7612 -gentoo amd64 compatible -inkjet color (4colors) -ethernet Thank you for your help Roger
[gentoo-user] Printer
Hi, I think to buy the following printer: EPSON Stylus Color D120 Ethernet or Wifi Has anybody an (good) experience with it? Thank you for your answers Roger -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer
Am Sonntag, 29. April 2012, 21:55:08 schrieb Stephane Guedon: > Hi everyone > > I am now forced to replace my epson printer. > > Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the > epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ? > > Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my > printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ... > > So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome ! get a colour laser printer. They are quite cheap. They are usually better supported - and toner does not dry out. -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] printer
Am Sonntag, 29. April 2012, 21:55:08 schrieb Stephane Guedon: > Hi everyone > > I am now forced to replace my epson printer. > > Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the > epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ? > > Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my > printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ... > > So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome ! -- #163933
Re: [gentoo-user] printer
Stephane Guedon wrote: > Hi everyone > > I am now forced to replace my epson printer. > > Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the > epson) > and that allow to have status not only in windows ? > > Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my > printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ... > > So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome ! For my personal experience, I have yet to have a HP printer not work. You can get the ink levels and such too. It has a GUI thingy for that but I think it has a command line tool as well, in case it is hooked to a server or something with no GUI. The way I buy a printer, I find the cartridges first. Then I find a printer that uses the cartridge. My current printer uses the 74XL and 75XL cartridge. Those are the high capacity ones. They print about 3 times the pages. I buy the generic ones and they are both cheaper and I think they have more ink. They certainly last longer than the HP ones. I did buy one set of HP XL ones since they were on sale locally. If you can afford a laser printer up front, that is cheaper in the long run, as others have already posted. Just keep the printer in a relatively dry location. Read that as low humidity. If you have humidity problems, turn it on and let it warm up a few times a week. I did that at my friends business when the printers were in the basement. Real humid in there. If left long enough, the print gets pretty bad. Hope that helps. Lots of option. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
Re: [gentoo-user] printer
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Stephane Guedon wrote: > Hi everyone > > I am now forced to replace my epson printer. > > Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to the epson) > and that allow to have status not only in windows ? > > Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I have my > printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink status iin cups ... > > So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome ! > -- > Stéphane Guedon | www.22decembre.eu > > Protegez vos courriers sur internet aussi, utilisez gpg ! > http://www.22decembre.eu/2012/02/27/proteger-vos-courriels-avec-gpg/ Get an HP Inkjet printer and buy a cartridge refill kit from eBay for about $10. Also, ink for about the same price. It's so damn cheap, cheaper than laser. Go for laser if you want high speed printing. Refilling voids warranty, but nothing happens to the printer. I've been using refilled cartridges on my HP PSC 1410 for seven years now. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com
Re: [gentoo-user] printer
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:55:08 +0200 Stephane Guedon wrote: > Hi everyone > > I am now forced to replace my epson printer. > > Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to > the epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ? > > Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I > have my printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink > status iin cups ... > > So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome ! Is it just me? There is a bad GPG signature (maybe it is due to the accent character(s)). Anyway, IMO hplip is much nicer than mtink (there is the command-line tool hp-level included that displays ink level), and HP ink don't dry up if you leave the printer idle for 2 weeks, unlike Epson. Of course, if you print a lot you should consider laser printer. Kerwin signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] printer
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:59:10 +0800 kwk...@hkbn.net wrote: > there is the command-line tool hp-level included that displays ink > level Oops, should be hp-levels, not hp-level. Kerwin signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] printer
Le lundi 30 avril 2012 12:59:10 kwk...@hkbn.net a écrit : > On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:55:08 +0200 > > Stephane Guedon wrote: > > Hi everyone > > > > I am now forced to replace my epson printer. > > > > Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary to > > the epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ? > > > > Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I > > have my printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink > > status iin cups ... > > > > So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome ! > > Is it just me? There is a bad GPG signature (maybe it is due to the > accent character(s)). > > Anyway, IMO hplip is much nicer than mtink (there is the command-line > tool hp-level included that displays ink level), and HP ink don't dry > up if you leave the printer idle for 2 weeks, unlike Epson. Of course, > if you print a lot you should consider laser printer. > > Kerwin Anyway, I don't print so much, but I need one ! I don't know why you say I have a bad gpg. I think I put it on the gpg servers, so It should be ok. Did you try to search for it ? Thanks -- Stéphane Guedon | www.22decembre.eu Protegez vos courriers sur internet aussi, utilisez gpg ! http://www.22decembre.eu/2012/02/27/proteger-vos-courriels-avec-gpg/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] printer
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:04:10 +0200 Stephane Guedon wrote: > Le lundi 30 avril 2012 12:59:10 kwk...@hkbn.net a écrit : > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:55:08 +0200 > > > > Stephane Guedon wrote: > > > Hi everyone > > > > > > I am now forced to replace my epson printer. > > > > > > Anyone think of a printer for which ink is quite cheap (contrary > > > to the epson) and that allow to have status not only in windows ? > > > > > > Epson as an utility to have ink status in windows and linux, but I > > > have my printer on a server and was in hope some could have ink > > > status iin cups ... > > > > > > So, anyone that have a suggestion is welcome ! > > > > Is it just me? There is a bad GPG signature (maybe it is due to the > > accent character(s)). > > > > Anyway, IMO hplip is much nicer than mtink (there is the > > command-line tool hp-level included that displays ink level), and > > HP ink don't dry up if you leave the printer idle for 2 weeks, > > unlike Epson. Of course, if you print a lot you should consider > > laser printer. > > > > Kerwin > > Anyway, I don't print so much, but I need one ! > > I don't know why you say I have a bad gpg. I think I put it on the > gpg servers, so It should be ok. Did you try to search for it ? > > Thanks > I got the key 0x0403A28B2D8DE8FB from zimmerman.mayfirst.org (one of the keys.gnupg.net keyserver) but signature verification fails for both messages. Kerwin. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Printer margins
Howdy, I finally got around to ordering some ink cartridges. Now I want to do some printing. Thing is, it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom which ends up blurred and unreadable. I've looked in Seamonkey settings, nothing. I've looked in Hplip, nothing there. I've even looked in cups, well, nothing that makes sense. I don't like the new cups interface. I didn't see anything there related to margins and when I looked in the config file, I couldn't make sense of what to change. So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or something? Is there a way? Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer
On Tue Nov 15 14:52:33 2016, Roger Cahn wrote: > Hi all, > > gentoo-4.4.26, amd64, Epson D120 > > I can't neither print nor open localhost:631 > > Yesterday I stopped the printer hardly by pushing the STOP button. > > I could at this time go in localhost:31 and tried to stop the action in > "jobs" > > and made some settings (I don't remember which !!). > > nano /etc/cups/cupsd.conf is empty > > Bureau cahn # /etc/init.d/cupsd start > * Starting cupsd ... > * start-stop-daemon: failed to start `/usr/sbin/cupsd' > * Failed to start cupsd [ !! ] > * ERROR: cupsd failed to start > > Thank you for helping me to make my printer work again Hi, Do you have something relevant in the logs ? -- alarig signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer
Do you have something relevant in the logs ? In /var/log/dmesg I found: 3.907048] usb 7-2: new low-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd [3.935212] usb 2-6: New USB device found, idVendor=04b8, idProduct=0007 [3.935214] usb 2-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [3.935216] usb 2-6: Product: USB2.0 Printer (Hi-speed) [3.935217] usb 2-6: Manufacturer: EPSON [3.935218] usb 2-6: SerialNumber: 423037303146D2F37C [3.937625] usblp 2-6:1.0: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0007 [3.969202] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht' [3.969500] ieee80211 phy0: hwaddr 00:15:af:51:78:01, RTL8187vB (default) V1 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2 [3.990770] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00 Thanks
[gentoo-user] printer recommendation
I need to replace one of my Brother printers and am looking for a replacement. I have had luck in recent years with Brother printers: - HL-5250DN (needs to be replaced) - HL-5370 - working OK I only need a B/W printer with an Ethernet interface. Toner usage is important. Average pages per day will range from 20-50. Brother recently improved with their Linux drivers; installing one under Gentoo from RPM (with minor adjustments) was ok. Looking at Brother web-page, they have: - HL-L5200DW - 8000 pages per $177.49 toner seems OK It has "Advanced security features to help protect sensitive documents" I don't know what that is, have to ask Brother. However, http://www.openprinting.org/printers/manufacturer/Brother does not mention this model, so I have no reference as to how well it works with Linux. HL-L2360DW - Seems OK but it only makes 2,600-pages per $100/toner; this is NOT OK. I used to have HP but I don't like their toners with chip technology, so NO HP, unless they have changed. Any other recommendations? -- Thelma
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer
On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 5:33 AM, Roger Cahn wrote: > Hi, > > For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction > printer, copier. > > I ask you for an idea which one they could buy. > > For example: Multifonction A3 HP Officejet Pro 7612 > > -gentoo amd64 compatible > > -inkjet color (4colors) > > -ethernet > > Thank you for your help > > Roger > > Hi Roger, I have been using a HP Envy 5330 for a few years, everything is supported well. https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-envy-5530-e-all-in-one-printer-series/5304881/model/5304882/drivers
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer
On 01/03/18 10:33, Roger Cahn wrote: > Hi, > > For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction > printer, copier. > > I ask you for an idea which one they could buy. > > For example: Multifonction A3 HP Officejet Pro 7612 > > -gentoo amd64 compatible > > -inkjet color (4colors) > > -ethernet > I use these people https://www.ijtdirect.co.uk/?sct=printerdeals As you're in France it shouldn't be a problem, just watch for the currency conversion. They've been about for years dealing in refurbished kit, although I think these printers are new. All our lasers have been Dell, and there's been minimal problems with them. Our current one is the Dell 1765 multi-function, which isn't on the list :-( I think our current printers are the 4th and 5th we've had from them. HPs and Epsons are allegedly linux-friendly. One thing to look out for - do you do a lot of scanning? One of the reasons I like the Dells is that they have what I call "push scanning" - configure them to connect via Samba, then you can put the original in the feeder, select "scan" on the front panel, and the scan appears automagically on the computer. With both HP and Epson, you usually have to put the document in the scanner, then go to the computer and run the scan software. A pain in the arse. Cheers, Wol
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer
On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 4:33 AM, Roger Cahn wrote: > Hi, > > For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction > printer, copier. > > I ask you for an idea which one they could buy. > Hello, I strongly recommend a Brother laser/thermal printer. They can do color now. You can alternatively buy reservoirs for ink based printers. Color lasers are usually "business" instead of "home" but I would not buy a home printer if I could afford it. The savings will be quite a bit. A business printer will last a decade or more, and is not that much more expensive. Someone mentioned laser getting better, I would agree. Cheers, R0b0t1
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer
Hi all, Thank you for your messages. It's not easy to make a choice among the so numerous machines. Finaly I took the: HP OfficeJet 7612 Wide Format All-in-One Printer I hope it will give me satisfaction. Roger
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer
Roger Cahn wrote: > Hi all, > Thank you for your messages. > It's not easy to make a choice among > the so numerous machines. > Finaly I took the: > > > HP OfficeJet 7612 Wide Format All-in-One Printer > > I hope it will give me satisfaction. > Roger After you have used it a bit and made use of all the options, can you post back on what worked well and what didn't? Also, notes on any tricky setup problems may prove interesting as well. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 2:52:59 PM CET Wols Lists wrote: > On 01/03/18 10:33, Roger Cahn wrote: > > Hi, > > > > For my birthday (!) my children want to offer me a multifunction > > printer, copier. > > > > I ask you for an idea which one they could buy. > > > > For example: Multifonction A3 HP Officejet Pro 7612 > > > > -gentoo amd64 compatible > > > > -inkjet color (4colors) > > > > -ethernet > > I use these people > > https://www.ijtdirect.co.uk/?sct=printerdeals > > As you're in France it shouldn't be a problem, just watch for the > currency conversion. They've been about for years dealing in refurbished > kit, although I think these printers are new. > > All our lasers have been Dell, and there's been minimal problems with > them. Our current one is the Dell 1765 multi-function, which isn't on > the list :-( I think our current printers are the 4th and 5th we've had > from them. > > HPs and Epsons are allegedly linux-friendly. HPs work really well from linux, the hplip-software does all the configuring for you. > One thing to look out for - do you do a lot of scanning? One of the > reasons I like the Dells is that they have what I call "push scanning" - > configure them to connect via Samba, then you can put the original in > the feeder, select "scan" on the front panel, and the scan appears > automagically on the computer. With both HP and Epson, you usually have > to put the document in the scanner, then go to the computer and run the > scan software. A pain in the arse. My current HP one can scan and print directly to/from USB drives. No need for a computer. Newer HP printers can also scan to fileshares, email, just like most other "advanced" units. -- Joost
[gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
Are there any tools to help me set up my printer (Hp Deskjet 722c)? The gentoo docs don't seem to work for my and I can't understand why. The computer thinks that its sending the jobs, reports that the printer is active and idle, but the jobs seem to vanish into /dev/null and the printer never even twitches. Creighton -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins
HPLIP installs several executables. Have you made sure you have started the correct setup program? As I recall, these settings ARE included in the hplip setup for my printer, which is an older 3 in 1. On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I finally got around to ordering some ink cartridges. Now I want to do > some printing. Thing is, it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom > which ends up blurred and unreadable. I've looked in Seamonkey > settings, nothing. I've looked in Hplip, nothing there. I've even > looked in cups, well, nothing that makes sense. I don't like the new > cups interface. I didn't see anything there related to margins and when > I looked in the config file, I couldn't make sense of what to change. > > So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or > something? Is there a way? > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > -- Terry
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins
Lee wrote: > HPLIP installs several executables. Have you made sure you have > started the correct setup program? As I recall, these settings ARE > included in the hplip setup for my printer, which is an older 3 in 1. > > > > > -- > Terry mailto:ny6...@gmail.com>> I set this up a while ago but checked it again. I don't see any way to adjust the margins anywhere in hplip. I even tried to set it up again but basically all it does and see the printer and add it. There's not anything to set up really. I only wish it would. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins
On Mon, 6 July 2015, at 10:01 pm, Dale wrote: > … it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom > which ends up blurred and unreadable. … > > So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or > something? Is there a way? Are you using A4 printer settings on US letter sized paper? Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins
Stroller wrote: > On Mon, 6 July 2015, at 10:01 pm, Dale wrote: > >> … it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom >> which ends up blurred and unreadable. … >> >> So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or >> something? Is there a way? > Are you using A4 printer settings on US letter sized paper? > > Stroller. > > > Nope. That was my first thought. I was hoping. I checked everything that can affect the printer, the apps setting, hplip and cups. All set correctly. Good idea tho. ;-) Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins
On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 12:27:56PM -0500, Dale wrote: > Stroller wrote: > > On Mon, 6 July 2015, at 10:01 pm, Dale wrote: > > > >> … it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom > >> which ends up blurred and unreadable. … > >> > >> So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or > >> something? Is there a way? > > Are you using A4 printer settings on US letter sized paper? > > > > Stroller. > > > > > > > > Nope. That was my first thought. I was hoping. I checked everything > that can affect the printer, the apps setting, hplip and cups. All set > correctly. > > Good idea tho. ;-) > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > I've lost track of all the details of this thread, so please excuse me if this has been suggested already. If I recall, you are using CUPS, and if so, this document[1] explains how to set margins from the command line. It seems to be document-specific, and not global, though. I remember doing the required math for this a couple of years ago, and ended up just going with something like a2ps and being done with it. [1] http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer margins
Dutch Ingraham wrote: > On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 12:27:56PM -0500, Dale wrote: >> Stroller wrote: >>> On Mon, 6 July 2015, at 10:01 pm, Dale wrote: >>> … it tries to print ALL the way to the bottom which ends up blurred and unreadable. … So, how does one change the bottom margin to say 1/2 or even 3/4 inch or something? Is there a way? >>> Are you using A4 printer settings on US letter sized paper? >>> >>> Stroller. >>> >>> >>> >> Nope. That was my first thought. I was hoping. I checked everything >> that can affect the printer, the apps setting, hplip and cups. All set >> correctly. >> >> Good idea tho. ;-) >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> > I've lost track of all the details of this thread, so please excuse me > if this has been suggested already. If I recall, you are using CUPS, > and if so, this document[1] explains how to set margins from the command > line. It seems to be document-specific, and not global, though. > > I remember doing the required math for this a couple of years ago, and > ended up just going with something like a2ps and being done with it. > > > [1] http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html > > I ended up editing the ppd file and it seems to be working. That could change any moment tho. ;-) Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Setup
sean wrote: I am trying to get my locally attached printer to work, first time setup. Followed the instructions and so far nothing. I am using the default cups.conf setup, and have enabled the kernel support Device Drivers --> <*> Parallel port support <*> PC-style hardware Device Drivers --> Character Devices --> <*> Parallel printer support as the instructions state. Doing an lpq gives the following lpq: error - no default destination available. tardis sean # Would anyone be able to give me an ideas on how to get this thing running? Hopefully I included all needed information. Thanks in advance Sean A little more Doing a dmesg | grep -i print drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver shows me the previous. I am on a parallel port. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Setup
sean wrote: sean wrote: I am trying to get my locally attached printer to work, first time setup. Followed the instructions and so far nothing. I am using the default cups.conf setup, and have enabled the kernel support Device Drivers --> <*> Parallel port support <*> PC-style hardware Device Drivers --> Character Devices --> <*> Parallel printer support as the instructions state. Doing an lpq gives the following lpq: error - no default destination available. tardis sean # Would anyone be able to give me an ideas on how to get this thing running? Hopefully I included all needed information. Thanks in advance Sean A little more Doing a dmesg | grep -i print drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver shows me the previous. I am on a parallel port. Well I do seem to have managed to fire the printer up. Thanks anyway everyone. Hopefully no other problems. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Setup
On 8/22/06, sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Doing an lpq gives the following lpq: error - no default destination available. tardis sean # Did you configure a printer in (I assume) cups? If so, what does "lpq -P " report? If you still need to setup a printer in cups, you should be able to do so through its web interface at http://127.0.0.1:631/admin. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
Take a walk over to http://www.linuxprinting.org/ it will answer every question you have... I am feeling helpful this evening so here: 1. Your printer should work perfectly http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_722C 2. Cups guide: http://www.linuxprinting.org/cups-doc.html Pretty much emerge cups and download the ppd file for your printer from here: http://www.linuxprinting.org/ppd-o-matic.cgi?driver=pnm2ppa&printer=HP-DeskJet_722C&show=0 than copy that into /usr/share/cups/model/ than restart the cups daemon. Now open up firefox or what ever internet browser you use and type: http://localhost:631/admin login as root. Select Add Printer and yeah go from there... That should help you get it working or at least on the right track... Hope it helps Cheers Rav On 5/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any tools to help me set up my printer (Hp Deskjet 722c)? The > gentoo docs don't seem to work for my and I can't understand why. The > computer thinks that its sending the jobs, reports that the printer is > active and idle, but the jobs seem to vanish into /dev/null and the > printer never even twitches. > > Creighton > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
On Sat, May 28, 2005 9:24 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Are there any tools to help me set up my printer (Hp Deskjet 722c)? The > gentoo docs don't seem to work for my and I can't understand why. The > computer thinks that its sending the jobs, reports that the printer is > active and idle, but the jobs seem to vanish into /dev/null and the > printer never even twitches. Are there any clues in the log files in /var/log/cups/ ? -- Neil Bothwick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
I have done all of these things, or tried anyway. Creighton > Take a walk over to http://www.linuxprinting.org/ it will answer every > question you have... > > I am feeling helpful this evening so here: > > 1. Your printer should work perfectly > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_722C > > 2. Cups guide: > http://www.linuxprinting.org/cups-doc.html > > Pretty much emerge cups and download the ppd file for your printer > from here: > http://www.linuxprinting.org/ppd-o-matic.cgi?driver=pnm2ppa&printer=HP-DeskJet_722C&show=0 > than copy that into /usr/share/cups/model/ than restart the cups > daemon. Now open up firefox or what ever internet browser you use and > type: http://localhost:631/admin login as root. Select Add Printer and > yeah go from there... > > That should help you get it working or at least on the right track... > > Hope it helps > Cheers > Rav > > > On 5/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Are there any tools to help me set up my printer (Hp Deskjet 722c)? The >> gentoo docs don't seem to work for my and I can't understand why. The >> computer thinks that its sending the jobs, reports that the printer is >> active and idle, but the jobs seem to vanish into /dev/null and the >> printer never even twitches. >> >> Creighton >> >> -- >> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> >> > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
> > Are there any clues in the log files in /var/log/cups/ ? > Error Log as follows I [28/May/2005:19:51:27 -0400] Listening to 7f01:631 I [28/May/2005:19:51:27 -0400] Listening to 0:631 I [28/May/2005:19:51:27 -0400] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf" I [28/May/2005:19:51:27 -0400] Configured for up to 100 clients. I [28/May/2005:19:51:27 -0400] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host. I [28/May/2005:19:51:27 -0400] Full reload is required. I [28/May/2005:19:51:33 -0400] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 16 PPDs... I [28/May/2005:19:51:33 -0400] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs... E [28/May/2005:19:51:33 -0400] LoadAllJobs: Unable to queue job for destination "http://tux:631/printers/DeskJet722C";! E [28/May/2005:19:51:34 -0400] LoadAllJobs: Unable to queue job for destination "http://tux:631/printers/DeskJet722C";! I [28/May/2005:19:51:34 -0400] Full reload complete. E [28/May/2005:19:51:34 -0400] StartListening: Unable to find IP address for server name "tux" - Unknown host E [28/May/2005:19:51:34 -0400] StartListening: Unable to bind socket for address :631 - Address already in use. None of the other logs have anyhting that jumps out at me, but this would imply that cupsd is dying because my machine is naming itself "tux" and cups cannot determine that means Localhost here. Any gurus know how I should go about fixing this? Creighton -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > > None of the other logs have anyhting that jumps out at me, but this would > imply that cupsd is dying because my machine is naming itself "tux" and > cups cannot determine that means Localhost here. Any gurus know how I > should go about fixing this? > > Creighton > Sounds like you need to edit /etc/hosts to tell the system that tux is a synonym for localhost: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost tux ought to do it. Hope this helps, Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
or change it to http://localhost:631/printers/DeskJet722C On 5/29/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > > > > > None of the other logs have anyhting that jumps out at me, but this would > > imply that cupsd is dying because my machine is naming itself "tux" and > > cups cannot determine that means Localhost here. Any gurus know how I > > should go about fixing this? > > > > Creighton > > > > Sounds like you need to edit /etc/hosts to tell the system that tux is a > synonym for localhost: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost tux > > ought to do it. > > Hope this helps, > Holly > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
On Sat, 28 May 2005 15:24:29 -0500 (CDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are there any tools to help me set up my printer (Hp Deskjet 722c)? The > gentoo docs don't seem to work for my and I can't understand why. The > computer thinks that its sending the jobs, reports that the printer is > active and idle, but the jobs seem to vanish into /dev/null and the > printer never even twitches. > Have you emerged hpoj and hoijs, and added hpoj to default? Have you read - http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_hpoj_/_CUPS and - http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_HP_Deskjet_720C_with_CUPS Bob -- - Are you living in the real world? - -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
It no longer tells me that it cannot find "tux" but it still says that port 631 is aready in use and dies. Creighton I [30/May/2005:13:49:41 -0400] Listening to 7f01:631 I [30/May/2005:13:49:41 -0400] Listening to 0:631 I [30/May/2005:13:49:41 -0400] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf" I [30/May/2005:13:49:41 -0400] Configured for up to 100 clients. I [30/May/2005:13:49:41 -0400] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host. I [30/May/2005:13:49:41 -0400] Full reload is required. I [30/May/2005:13:49:54 -0400] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 16 PPDs... I [30/May/2005:13:49:54 -0400] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs... I [30/May/2005:13:49:54 -0400] Full reload complete. E [30/May/2005:13:49:54 -0400] StartListening: Unable to bind socket for addres$ > > Sounds like you need to edit /etc/hosts to tell the system that tux is a > synonym for localhost: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost tux > > ought to do it. > > Hope this helps, > Holly > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > It no longer tells me that it cannot find "tux" but it still says that > port 631 is aready in use and dies. > > Creighton > I would first open the CUPS administration web interface (http://localhost:631 in your web browser) and see if the printer had some stuck jobs in the queue, and stop them if so. If that didn't work, I might even go so far as to remove the installed printer, stop CUPS, restart CUPS, reopen the web interface and reinstall the printer. Hope this helps. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
I can't, cupsd dies quickly. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: >> It no longer tells me that it cannot find "tux" but it still says that >> port 631 is aready in use and dies. >> >> Creighton >> > > I would first open the CUPS administration web interface > (http://localhost:631 in your web browser) and see if the printer had > some stuck jobs in the queue, and stop them if so. If that didn't work, > I might even go so far as to remove the installed printer, stop CUPS, > restart CUPS, reopen the web interface and reinstall the printer. > > Hope this helps. > Holly > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: >>Holly Bostick wrote back: >>>It no longer tells me that it cannot find "tux" but it still says that >>>port 631 is aready in use and dies. >>> >> >>I would first open the CUPS administration web interface >>(http://localhost:631 in your web browser) and see if the printer had >>some stuck jobs in the queue, and stop them if so. If that didn't work, >>I might even go so far as to remove the installed printer, stop CUPS, >>restart CUPS, reopen the web interface and reinstall the printer. > > I can't, cupsd dies quickly. > > > Well, that's a problem. At what point does it die (what are you doing when it dies), and what does it say with its dying breath (error message)? Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
Yes, that would be a problem . Check /var.log/cups/ for the log files and see what they say. On Tue, 31 May 2005, Holly Bostick wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: Holly Bostick wrote back: It no longer tells me that it cannot find "tux" but it still says that port 631 is aready in use and dies. I would first open the CUPS administration web interface (http://localhost:631 in your web browser) and see if the printer had some stuck jobs in the queue, and stop them if so. If that didn't work, I might even go so far as to remove the installed printer, stop CUPS, restart CUPS, reopen the web interface and reinstall the printer. I can't, cupsd dies quickly. Well, that's a problem. At what point does it die (what are you doing when it dies), and what does it say with its dying breath (error message)? Holly -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
bash-2.05b# cupsd cupsd: Child exited with status 98! I happens after about 5 seconds. What I am doing doesn't sem to matter. >> I can't, cupsd dies quickly. >> >> >> > > Well, that's a problem. > > At what point does it die (what are you doing when it dies), and what > does it say with its dying breath (error message)? > > Holly > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 21:17:16 -0500 (CDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > bash-2.05b# cupsd > cupsd: Child exited with status 98! Have you tried googling that error message? I found this http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=154739&goto=nextoldest -- Neil Bothwick As long as you do not move you can still choose any direction. pgpPXByCIgO18.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: >>>I can't, cupsd dies quickly. >>> >>> >>> >> >>Well, that's a problem. >> >>At what point does it die (what are you doing when it dies), and what >>does it say with its dying breath (error message)? >> >>Holly >>-- >>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> > > bash-2.05b# cupsd > cupsd: Child exited with status 98! > > I happens after about 5 seconds. What I am doing doesn't sem to matter. > > And /var/log/cups/error.log says...? This would seem to be a problem setting up CUPS as a whole rather than setting up your printer specifically. Your printer naturally can't work if CUPS doesn't, if you've set it to use CUPS. So you'd first want to find out why CUPS fails, and then setting up your printer should be no problem. Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
I restarted cupsd with debug2 and produced way too much data, the following seems to be the inportant part. It would appear that the wise poster was correct that Ghostscript is the breaking point. Should I just emerge Ghostscript? Creighton D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] Starting renderer D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] JCL: D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] renderer PID kid4=15240 D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] renderer command: gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dPARANOIDSAFER -dBATCH -r600 -sDEVICE=ppmraw -sOutputFile=- - | pnm2ppa -v 722 -B 2 -t 10 -b 150 -l 10 -r 10 -x 160 -y 50 -i - -o - D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] sh: line 1: pnm2ppa: command not found D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] perl: warning: Setting locale failed. D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] LANGUAGE = (unset), D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] LC_ALL = (unset), D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] LANG = "en" D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] are supported and installed on your system. D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] foomatic-gswrapper: gs '-dNOPAUSE' '-dPARANOIDSAFER' '-dBATCH' '-r600' '-sDEVICE=ppmraw' '-sOutputFile=| cat >&3' '/dev/fd/0' 3>&1 1>&2 D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] ESP Ghostscript 7.07 (2003-07-12) D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] Copyright 2003 artofcode LLC and Easy Software Products, all rights reserved. D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] Closing renderer D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:30 -0400] [Job 6] cat: write error: Broken pipe d [04/Jun/2005:14:54:31 -0400] select_timeout: 11 seconds to process active jobs D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Error: /ioerror in --.outputpage-- D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Operand stack: D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] 1 true D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Execution stack: D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 0 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Dictionary stack: D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] --dict:1052/1417(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:96/200(L)-- D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Current allocation mode is local D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Last OS error: 32 D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] renderer return value: 127 D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] renderer received signal: 127 D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Process dying with "The renderer command line returned an unrecognized error code 127.", exit stat: 1 D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] The renderer command line returned an unrecognized error code 127. D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] tail process done writing data to STDOUT D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] KID4 finished D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] KID3 exited with status 1 D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Renderer exit stat: 1 D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Renderer process finished D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Killing process 15239 (KID3) D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Process dying with "Error closing renderer", exit stat: 1 D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Error closing renderer d [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] PID 15238 exited with no errors. E [04/Jun/2005:14:54:37 -0400] PID 15237 stopped with status 1! D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:37 -0400] UpdateJob: job 6, file 0 is complete. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ghostscript 7.07.1: > Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 > D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] renderer > return value: 127 > D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] renderer > received signal: 127 > D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] Process dying > with "The renderer > command line returned an unrecognized error code > 127.", exit stat: 1 > D [04/Jun/2005:14:54:36 -0400] [Job 6] The renderer > command line returned > an unrecognized error code 127. Hi Creighton, I've had a problem like this before. In my case there were several drivers to choose from (I use the kde print wizard). I picked another driver and ghostscript was happy after that. Zac __ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Printer configuration for Flash
Hum, does anyway know how to set up the printer configuration for the Macromedia Flash plugin? Someone wrote a nifty flash page from which he offered a print button to print the content generated. Unfortunately, it seems to only want to send the job to lpr, without an option to print to file. Right clicking on the flash widget doesn't help, since the Setup option isn't very well done. Two problems are encountered: 1) I don't have a printer on this box. cupsd was left over from a long time ago when I did. So lpr really wouldn't do any good. It would be nice if I could print to file and copy it to be printed elsewhere. 2) Even if I do have a printer, the print command still won't work, since there kept popping up an error: lpr: error - unknown option ''! I assume there was an environmental variable the plugin is reading, possibly in trying to determine which printer to print to, and that included passing a single-quote enclosed string to lpr Temporarily I have the problem "solved" in a very non-elegant way: I replaced /usr/bin/lpr with a stub entry that is basically a shellscript that calls 'cat' and dumps the output to a file in /tmp But I hope there is a better solution... Thanks, W -- In this course we will of course make use of God's Units, namely h-bar = c = 1 but occasionally I will indulge myself in my personal addition to those units, in the form of 2 = -1 = pi = i = 1 please feel free to interject whenever you feel confused, and I will make my best effort to clarify things. ~Prof. Herman Verlinde explaining the things. PHY 509, Intro to QFT, first lecture 09-12-03 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 21:40 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] printer won't stop puking
My (parallel port laser) printer started spewing garbage (i.e. pcl data as text - a few characters per sheet) as a result, I think, of a loose cable. Trouble is I can't stop it. I cleared the print jobs. Even stopped cups. Tried to rmmod parport_pc and lp, but was refused. Tried pressing the stop and reset buttons on the printer many times. Nothing doing. The only thing that stops the flow is disconnecting the parallel cable. I'm about to reboot, hoping that that will do the trick. But surely there's a way to stop the diarrhoea without rebooting, isn't there? -- Robert Persson Conspiracy Bears: Once upon a time there were lots of conspiracy bears... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
Hi folks! I have a quick question. I'm a college student. I share my printer with my roommate. We have separate computers; he uses Windows XP, and I Gentoo. Together, we're behind our school's router which dynamically assigns us both IP's. Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it from one another's computers. However, we would like to be able to share it over the network instead to make life easier for the both of us. However, there are a few problems that I'm foreseeing. First off, I have a laptop with only one ethernet port, so setting up an ad hoc network between us is out of the question. Also, my school has a "one port - one computer" rule that prohibits routers. Second, since we're both behind a DHCPd server, we both have dynamic IPs. There's no easy way to point his computer to the right server if it has a dynamic IP. Third, since we're both behind a router, using something like DynDNS to provide a static contact despite the dynamic IP won't work either. So, I guess what I'm wondering is if there's any way to make this work, or if I'm SOL? Thank you much for your help. Kris Kerwin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
Evening, Experts! My printer isn't printing. More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build would help. ;-(. Help would be most appreciated. TIA! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
Did you try emerging CUPS again? > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2005/06/01 Wed PM 10:17:16 EDT > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool > > bash-2.05b# cupsd > cupsd: Child exited with status 98! > > I happens after about 5 seconds. What I am doing doesn't sem to matter. > > > >> I can't, cupsd dies quickly. > >> > >> > >> > > > > Well, that's a problem. > > > > At what point does it die (what are you doing when it dies), and what > > does it say with its dying breath (error message)? > > > > Holly > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
I re-emerged cups, got cupsd to hold, setup my deskjet 722c as parralel port 0, It said everything was good, but the test page will not print! > Did you try emerging CUPS again? >> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: 2005/06/01 Wed PM 10:17:16 EDT >> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool >> >> bash-2.05b# cupsd >> cupsd: Child exited with status 98! >> >> I happens after about 5 seconds. What I am doing doesn't sem to matter. >> >> >> >> I can't, cupsd dies quickly. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > Well, that's a problem. >> > >> > At what point does it die (what are you doing when it dies), and what >> > does it say with its dying breath (error message)? >> > >> > Holly >> > -- >> > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> > >> >> >> -- >> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> >> > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup tool
On Thu, 02 Jun 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I re-emerged cups, got cupsd to hold, setup my deskjet 722c as > parralel port 0, It said everything was good, but the test page > will not print! Suggestion: Change in /etc/cupsd.conf: LogLevel info to LogLevel debug or even to LogLevel debug2 Then restart cupsd, print, and read the logfiles again. I once had a problem with wrong Ghostscript. I installed app-text/ghostscript-afpl instead of app-text/ghostscript (the ESP Ghostscript from www.cups.org). urs -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer won't stop puking
On 16 February 2006 09:56, Robert Persson wrote: > My (parallel port laser) printer started spewing garbage (i.e. pcl data as > text - a few characters per sheet) as a result, I think, of a loose cable. > > Trouble is I can't stop it. I cleared the print jobs. Even stopped cups. > Tried to rmmod parport_pc and lp, but was refused. Tried pressing the stop > and reset buttons on the printer many times. Nothing doing. The only thing > that stops the flow is disconnecting the parallel cable. One of the very few shortcomings of cups is that it is very hard to delete an active print job. :-( > > I'm about to reboot, hoping that that will do the trick. But surely there's > a way to stop the diarrhoea without rebooting, isn't there? Don't, it won't help. Do a "ps ax | less" and try to find everything remotely related to printing and converting. Kill all those processes - there will be several. Uwe -- Why do consumers keep buying products they will live to curse? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer won't stop puking
On Thursday 16 February 2006 00:18 Uwe Thiem was like: > > I'm about to reboot, hoping that that will do the trick. But surely > > there's a way to stop the diarrhoea without rebooting, isn't there? > > Don't, it won't help. Do a "ps ax | less" and try to find everything > remotely related to printing and converting. Kill all those processes - > there will be several. Thanks! That worked. -- Robert Persson Conspiracy Bears: Once upon a time there were lots of conspiracy bears... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer won't stop puking
At times you also have to go to the cups cache directory and delete the print job there as well, as on restart it stats the printjob from the beginning again. They really need to fix this ... BillK On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 01:00 -0800, Robert Persson wrote: > On Thursday 16 February 2006 00:18 Uwe Thiem was like: > > > I'm about to reboot, hoping that that will do the trick. But surely > > > there's a way to stop the diarrhoea without rebooting, isn't there? > > > > Don't, it won't help. Do a "ps ax | less" and try to find everything > > remotely related to printing and converting. Kill all those processes - > > there will be several. > > Thanks! That worked. > > -- > Robert Persson > > Conspiracy Bears: > Once upon a time there were lots of conspiracy bears... > -- William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer won't stop puking
On Thursday 16 February 2006 04:06 William Kenworthy was like: > At times you also have to go to the cups cache directory and delete the > print job there as well, as on restart it stats the printjob from the > beginning again. They really need to fix this ... When I shut down cupsd the printer continued spewing. Also, when I rebooted, the printing didn't start up again. I don't understand how this could be a cups problem in that case. :-) robert -- Robert Persson Conspiracy Bears: Once upon a time there were lots of conspiracy bears... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] printer won't stop puking
> -Original Message- > From: William Kenworthy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 February 2006 12:07 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] printer won't stop puking > > > At times you also have to go to the cups cache directory and > delete the > print job there as well, as on restart it stats the printjob from the > beginning again. They really need to fix this ... As a rule I delete unwanted jobs from the localhost:631 gui. Only when I forcefully shut Cups down, or switch off the printer *without* deleting the previously submitted jobs using the gui I get problems similar to what you describe. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
On 3/8/06, Kris Kerwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks! > > I have a quick question. > > I'm a college student. I share my printer with my roommate. We have > separate computers; he uses Windows XP, and I Gentoo. Together, we're > behind our school's router which dynamically assigns us both IP's. > > Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it from one > another's computers. However, we would like to be able to share it > over the network instead to make life easier for the both of us. > However, there are a few problems that I'm foreseeing. > > First off, I have a laptop with only one ethernet port, so setting up > an ad hoc network between us is out of the question. Also, my school > has a "one port - one computer" rule that prohibits routers. > > Second, since we're both behind a DHCPd server, we both have dynamic > IPs. There's no easy way to point his computer to the right server if > it has a dynamic IP. > > Third, since we're both behind a router, using something like DynDNS > to provide a static contact despite the dynamic IP won't work either. > > So, I guess what I'm wondering is if there's any way to make this > work, or if I'm SOL? > > Thank you much for your help. > > Kris Kerwin > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > I couldn't think of a more "complex" solution right now, but couldn't you simply make your IP static? I've done it at work because our DNS was failing, simply copied the network configurations gained with DHCP and made it permanent... -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
On Wednesday 08 March 2006 20:28, Kris Kerwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba': > First off, I have a laptop with only one ethernet port, so setting up > an ad hoc network between us is out of the question. Also, my school > has a "one port - one computer" rule that prohibits routers. That doesn't prohibit routers, it encourages them; routers add to the number of ports in your room. ;) That rule just prohibits calculators, PDAs, cell phones, portable gaming devices, game consoles, moderm microwave ovens, modern televisions, some watches, etc., etc. (since they are [or contain] computers) from the room. Real solutions: (1) Get a wireless AP and connect both computers to it. It doesn't have to have or use a port. (2) Break the rules, they are stupid. (a) Generally speaking, students in dorms have an expectation of privacy so they can't (for example) search your room when you are gone. (b) A properly configured router doesn't look any different from a single computer network-wise. You can do MAC duplication/spoofing if you had to register that with Computing Services. > Second, since we're both behind a DHCPd server, we both have dynamic > IPs. There's no easy way to point his computer to the right server if > it has a dynamic IP. Does it work like DNSmasq so that it does caching and local DNS? Maybe you can just have the gentoo machine request a certain domain name and have the windows machine use that. Heck, my school allowed student to have entries in the school's DNS, as log as the school wasn't using it so you might see if that's an option. > Third, since we're both behind a router, using something like DynDNS > to provide a static contact despite the dynamic IP won't work either. Sure it does. My computer was behind a router for nearly a year and ssh or whatever worked fine. Do you get site-local IPs (10.0.0.0/8, 192.168.0.0/16, or 176.0.0.0/8) or real IPs? With real IPs you are set on that front. With site-local, DynDNS would be doing the 'Net a favor to disallow them being registered, but you could try anyway. In either case, does the router filter any ports? That would be the big stumbling block, but if you find a single one that is open you could run cups (or what have you) on it. If there's fewer ports open than you need, ssh tunnels can do SOCKS proxying and, IIRC, there's even kernel patches to force all connections through a SOCKS proxy. (Heck, you don't really need kernel patches if you can write C and know how to use the LD_PRELOAD thingy.) Finally, depending on how the router is set up, you may be able to do peer discovery through ARP or mDNS. > So, I guess what I'm wondering is if there's any way to make this > work, or if I'm SOL? I doubt you are SOL, but it might take more work and /research/ than you are willing to put into it. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
On Wednesday 08 March 2006 18:28, Kris Kerwin wrote: > Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it from one > another's computers. However, we would like to be able to share it > over the network instead to make life easier for the both of us. > However, there are a few problems that I'm foreseeing. > Back before in-home networks were practical, my dad had a little gray box that had three cables going in the back end, and a switch on the front - "A/B". I think that box was for the old parallel printer ports, but I'd imagine that if you go down to Best Buy or another computer store they'd have something similar for sharing a USB device between multiple machines. It's possible you'd need to flip a switch when you want to print, but it would still be easier that moving the cables, and it won't break any of your college's rules regarding the network. Also, it won't require any additional configuration headaches. -- Eric Bliss systems design and integration, CreativeCow.Net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
Daniel, Thanks for your quick reply. > I couldn't think of a more "complex" solution right now, but > couldn't you simply make your IP static? I've done it at work > because our DNS was failing, simply copied the network > configurations gained with DHCP and made it permanent... Question: how does one *make* a static IP? I thought that IP was assigned by DHCP? Isn't that the way that DHCP works? It leases an IP to a specific computer, which then gives up that lease when it's done using it. At that point, DHCP is free to re-lease that same IP to whomever else requests it, correct? If that's the case, what would prevent another computer from accidentally obtaining that same IP? Otherwise, if this is a viable solution, how do I make it work? I'm comfortable editing config files, but I just don't know where to go to do it. Thanks again, all, for your help. Kris On Wednesday 08 March 2006 20:43, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 3/8/06, Kris Kerwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks! > > > > I have a quick question. > > > > I'm a college student. I share my printer with my roommate. We > > have separate computers; he uses Windows XP, and I Gentoo. > > Together, we're behind our school's router which dynamically > > assigns us both IP's. > > > > Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it > > from one another's computers. However, we would like to be able > > to share it over the network instead to make life easier for the > > both of us. However, there are a few problems that I'm > > foreseeing. > > > > First off, I have a laptop with only one ethernet port, so > > setting up an ad hoc network between us is out of the question. > > Also, my school has a "one port - one computer" rule that > > prohibits routers. > > > > Second, since we're both behind a DHCPd server, we both have > > dynamic IPs. There's no easy way to point his computer to the > > right server if it has a dynamic IP. > > > > Third, since we're both behind a router, using something like > > DynDNS to provide a static contact despite the dynamic IP won't > > work either. > > > > So, I guess what I'm wondering is if there's any way to make this > > work, or if I'm SOL? > > > > Thank you much for your help. > > > > Kris Kerwin > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > I couldn't think of a more "complex" solution right now, but > couldn't you simply make your IP static? I've done it at work > because our DNS was failing, simply copied the network > configurations gained with DHCP and made it permanent... > > -- > Daniel da Veiga > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil > -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- > Version: 3.1 > GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- > V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ > --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
Good idea. I'll look around. Kris On Thursday 09 March 2006 11:56, Eric Bliss wrote: > On Wednesday 08 March 2006 18:28, Kris Kerwin wrote: > > Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it > > from one another's computers. However, we would like to be able > > to share it over the network instead to make life easier for the > > both of us. However, there are a few problems that I'm > > foreseeing. > > Back before in-home networks were practical, my dad had a little > gray box that had three cables going in the back end, and a switch > on the front - "A/B". I think that box was for the old parallel > printer ports, but I'd imagine that if you go down to Best Buy or > another computer store they'd have something similar for sharing a > USB device between multiple machines. > > It's possible you'd need to flip a switch when you want to print, > but it would still be easier that moving the cables, and it won't > break any of your college's rules regarding the network. Also, it > won't require any additional configuration headaches. > > -- > Eric Bliss > systems design and integration, > CreativeCow.Net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
Question: how does one *make* a static IP? I thought that IP was assigned by DHCP? Isn't that the way that DHCP works? It leases an IP to a specific computer, which then gives up that lease when it's done using it. At that point, DHCP is free to re-lease that same IP to whomever else requests it, correct? If that's the case, what would prevent another computer from accidentally obtaining that same IP? Otherwise, if this is a viable solution, how do I make it work? I'm comfortable editing config files, but I just don't know where to go to do it. Thanks again, all, for your help. Kris this is a more complicated question than it appears. Let's say, for instance that you have an actual dhcp server, not just a router/ap giving out ips. Now, most dhcp servers allow you to either statically, or dynamically, associate an IP with a MAC address (hardware address). I can set my dhcp server up such that you ALWAYS get the same ip address for a given mac address. This is helpful in some cases where you have more ip space than machines and want to know who gets what. I can either do that by manually adding the mac into the configuration, or by making an infinate lease time. in both cases, you've got a static dynamic address :) if you have more machines than ip space (a class C subnet has on the order of 254 possible addresses), you have to have dynamic dhcp for those. in that case, you have a much shorter lease time, and when a box comes on, it asks for the last address it has, and the dhcp server says "yes" if no one is using it, or "no, use this one" if it's in use. however, IP is NOT limited to using dhcp. you can manually set your machine to have a given ip address (since this is the gentoo list, it's in the /etc/conf.d/net file). if you're manually setting an ip address, you do have to be careful that you're not setting it in the range that the dhcp server will assign. email me offline if you need more detail than thatip theory in general is a little off-topic. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
On 3/8/06, Kris Kerwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks! > > I have a quick question. > > I'm a college student. I share my printer with my roommate. We have > separate computers; he uses Windows XP, and I Gentoo. Together, we're > behind our school's router which dynamically assigns us both IP's. > > Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it from one > another's computers. However, we would like to be able to share it > over the network instead to make life easier for the both of us. > However, there are a few problems that I'm foreseeing. > > First off, I have a laptop with only one ethernet port, so setting up > an ad hoc network between us is out of the question. Also, my school > has a "one port - one computer" rule that prohibits routers. > > Second, since we're both behind a DHCPd server, we both have dynamic > IPs. There's no easy way to point his computer to the right server if > it has a dynamic IP. > > Third, since we're both behind a router, using something like DynDNS > to provide a static contact despite the dynamic IP won't work either. > > So, I guess what I'm wondering is if there's any way to make this > work, or if I'm SOL? > It would seem that people are thinking about this problem just a bit too hard. Here is how my network is setup. All users have DHCP addys, its a mix of mainly Gentoo with the odd Windows box. The printers are all connected to Gentoo servers which have cups and samba setup. Cups serves printing for all the Linux boxes and is also hooked into Samba so the windows boxes can print. As far as IP addresses go... screw em... use the netbios name of the machines, for the Windoze box this will be its hostname and the same is true for the Linux box (I don't think I had to do any extra setup in Samba to make it broadcast a netbios name). You will then be able to print locally from the Linux box via CUPS and you can install the printer just like any other shared printer (\\your_gentoo_box\printer_name) under Windows. Gentoo has excellent Samba setup howtos if you need more info. In this case you break no rules and there is no complex DNS setup stuff. Hope all this makes some sense. -Mike -- Michael E. Crute http://mike.crute.org Linux takes junk and turns it into something useful. Windows takes something useful and turns it into junk. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
Someone with more network knowledge will probably correct any bullshit I'll type from now on... :) On 3/9/06, Kris Kerwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel, > > Thanks for your quick reply. > > > I couldn't think of a more "complex" solution right now, but > > couldn't you simply make your IP static? I've done it at work > > because our DNS was failing, simply copied the network > > configurations gained with DHCP and made it permanent... > > Question: how does one *make* a static IP? I thought that IP was > assigned by DHCP? Isn't that the way that DHCP works? It leases an IP Well, this is more of a server solution than a workstation one, you'll probably turn your computer off once in a while. DHCP wil not give anyone an IP that is already in use (its against TCP/IP rules), so, if you have your machine running with an IP, DHCP will not lease it (at least I think so because my machine never conflited). > to a specific computer, which then gives up that lease when it's done > using it. At that point, DHCP is free to re-lease that same IP to > whomever else requests it, correct? If that's the case, what would Yes, if your DHCP sends a DHCP_RELEASE command to the server, it will "give up" that IP and it will be available for another computer. > prevent another computer from accidentally obtaining that same IP? You just never RELEASE the IP, and when it expires you LEASE it again, and DHCP cache will always try to get the last IP, of course, I've done it in a server running all the time, first I tried RELEASING and automatic LEASING it again in TIMEOUT seconds (where timeout is the LEASE time minus a few seconds, it alll depends on how big is your server's lease time), I've created a script to do that, but deleted it long ago. Then I decided to simply configure /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/conf.d/net and /etc/hosts so I would have an static IP, and let TCP/IP do the rest (not allow the DHCP server to LEASE that IP to someone else). I couldn't find anywhere in the web if that SHOULD work, it just does, for me. > > Otherwise, if this is a viable solution, how do I make it work? I'm > comfortable editing config files, but I just don't know where to go > to do it. > You ifconfig to get the IP your're using right now and the Netmask used in your network environment. Then you edit the /etc/conf.d/net file to configure your ethernet interface to have a static IP, using the one you're already using from DHCP and set the netmask you got from ifconfig, and let be your /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts that were written by the DHCP client. > Thanks again, all, for your help. > > Kris > > On Wednesday 08 March 2006 20:43, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > > On 3/8/06, Kris Kerwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi folks! > > > > > > I have a quick question. > > > > > > I'm a college student. I share my printer with my roommate. We > > > have separate computers; he uses Windows XP, and I Gentoo. > > > Together, we're behind our school's router which dynamically > > > assigns us both IP's. > > > > > > Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it > > > from one another's computers. However, we would like to be able > > > to share it over the network instead to make life easier for the > > > both of us. However, there are a few problems that I'm > > > foreseeing. > > > > > > First off, I have a laptop with only one ethernet port, so > > > setting up an ad hoc network between us is out of the question. > > > Also, my school has a "one port - one computer" rule that > > > prohibits routers. > > > > > > Second, since we're both behind a DHCPd server, we both have > > > dynamic IPs. There's no easy way to point his computer to the > > > right server if it has a dynamic IP. > > > > > > Third, since we're both behind a router, using something like > > > DynDNS to provide a static contact despite the dynamic IP won't > > > work either. > > > > > > So, I guess what I'm wondering is if there's any way to make this > > > work, or if I'm SOL? > > > > > > Thank you much for your help. > > > > > > Kris Kerwin > > > -- > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > I couldn't think of a more "complex" solution right now, but > > couldn't you simply make your IP static? I've done it at work > > because our DNS was failing, simply copied the network > > configurations gained with DHCP and made it permanent... > > > > -- > > Daniel da Veiga > > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil > > -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- > > Version: 3.1 > > GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- > > V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ > > --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- > -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
On 3/9/06, Michael Crute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/8/06, Kris Kerwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks! > > > > I have a quick question. > > > > I'm a college student. I share my printer with my roommate. We have > > separate computers; he uses Windows XP, and I Gentoo. Together, we're > > behind our school's router which dynamically assigns us both IP's. > > > > Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it from one > > another's computers. However, we would like to be able to share it > > over the network instead to make life easier for the both of us. > > However, there are a few problems that I'm foreseeing. > > > > First off, I have a laptop with only one ethernet port, so setting up > > an ad hoc network between us is out of the question. Also, my school > > has a "one port - one computer" rule that prohibits routers. > > > > Second, since we're both behind a DHCPd server, we both have dynamic > > IPs. There's no easy way to point his computer to the right server if > > it has a dynamic IP. > > > > Third, since we're both behind a router, using something like DynDNS > > to provide a static contact despite the dynamic IP won't work either. > > > > So, I guess what I'm wondering is if there's any way to make this > > work, or if I'm SOL? > > > > It would seem that people are thinking about this problem just a bit > too hard. Here is how my network is setup. All users have DHCP addys, > its a mix of mainly Gentoo with the odd Windows box. The printers are > all connected to Gentoo servers which have cups and samba setup. Cups > serves printing for all the Linux boxes and is also hooked into Samba > so the windows boxes can print. As far as IP addresses go... screw > em... use the netbios name of the machines, for the Windoze box this > will be its hostname and the same is true for the Linux box (I don't > think I had to do any extra setup in Samba to make it broadcast a > netbios name). You will then be able to print locally from the Linux > box via CUPS and you can install the printer just like any other > shared printer (\\your_gentoo_box\printer_name) under Windows. Gentoo > has excellent Samba setup howtos if you need more info. In this case > you break no rules and there is no complex DNS setup stuff. Hope all > this makes some sense. > Well, in fact, I think it does. I forgot that the main problem was in fact just PRINTING... Yeah, cups and samba will take care of that. Samba will broadcast netbios stuff over the net so you can see your shared printer (and folders). Check: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/quick-samba-howto.xml and http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Native_Windows_Printing_with_CUPS/Samba You know, sometimes you just loose focus and forget about simple solutions for simple problems... -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
On 3/9/06, Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, in fact, I think it does. I forgot that the main problem was in > fact just PRINTING... Yeah, cups and samba will take care of that. > Samba will broadcast netbios stuff over the net so you can see your > shared printer (and folders). > > You know, sometimes you just loose focus and forget about simple > solutions for simple problems... > Hehe... everybody wants to engineer an elaborate fix when sometimes all it takes is some duck tape ;-) -Mike -- Michael E. Crute http://mike.crute.org It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. --Douglas Adams -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
On Thursday 09 March 2006 11:56, Eric Bliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba': > On Wednesday 08 March 2006 18:28, Kris Kerwin wrote: > > Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it from one > > another's computers. However, we would like to be able to share it > > over the network instead to make life easier for the both of us. > > However, there are a few problems that I'm foreseeing. > > Back before in-home networks were practical, my dad had a little gray > box that had three cables going in the back end, and a switch on the > front - "A/B". I think that box was for the old parallel printer ports, > but I'd imagine that if you go down to Best Buy or another computer > store they'd have something similar for sharing a USB device between > multiple machines. Now a days they usually call such devices KVM switches. Although, that may be a term specific to boxes like that which allow a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to be shared between all the computers in a rack. -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Printer not working after world update
Hi list, I've been using my printer problem free for years, but a recent world update seems to have broken something. Now whenever I print I get: (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip) stopped with status 1! [Job 129] Job stopped due to filter errors. and the job eventually vanishes from the queue. I've tried reinstalling (and later downgrading) foomatic-filters, ghostscript-gpl, and cups. I've also tried deleting and re-adding the printer, restarting cups, restarting the printer.. etc, and nothing seems to be helping. The foomatic-rip script says the return code 1 means "printer error occured", but my printer's error light isn't flashing. Also, revdep-rebuild shows nothing, and I do read ewarns. Hopefully I haven't missed something obvious. Any ideas? Thanks, Vincent. Current versions: foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 ghostscript-gpl-8.71-r1 cups-1.3.11-r2 Printer: PagePro 1350W (simple ps-compat, using ppd from openprinting.org)
[gentoo-user] Printer setup: where is foomatic-rip?
Hi, gentoo! I'm trying to set up my printer (a Samsung ML-1450 (which looks like an HP Laserjet)) according to the "Gentoo Printing Guide". There is no problem with the USB connection to it. I've got as far as printing a test page (in section 4). The page doesn't print. The error message in /var/log/cups/error_log is: Filter "foomatic-rip" for printer "ML-1450" not available: no such file or directory The driver I've downloaded and installed is pxlmono (as recommended). I've tried emerge foomatic, to no avail. How do I get foomatic-rip and get it working? Thanks in advance! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Evening, Experts! > > My printer isn't printing. > > More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find > the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with > "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". > > My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. > Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build > would help. ;-(. > > Help would be most appreciated. What kind of printer? How is it connected to the computer? What USE flags do you have enabled for the CUPS build? If you re-emerge CUPS, it will spit some warnings at you if it detects problems with your kernel configuration. -- :wq
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Michael Mol wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >> Evening, Experts! >> >> My printer isn't printing. >> >> More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find >> the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with >> "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". >> >> My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. >> Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build >> would help. ;-(. >> >> Help would be most appreciated. > > What kind of printer? How is it connected to the computer? > > What USE flags do you have enabled for the CUPS build? If you > re-emerge CUPS, it will spit some warnings at you if it detects > problems with your kernel configuration. > > -- > :wq > Personally I prefer enabling USB printer support in kernel instead of cups (both of them are mutually exclusive!). Because, cupsd sometimes chokes when you shut off and on the printer many times. Once that happened I switched to kernel support and never faced the problem again.
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Michael Mol wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>> Evening, Experts! >>> >>> My printer isn't printing. >>> >>> More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find >>> the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with >>> "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". >>> >>> My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. >>> Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build >>> would help. ;-(. >>> >>> Help would be most appreciated. >> >> What kind of printer? How is it connected to the computer? >> >> What USE flags do you have enabled for the CUPS build? If you >> re-emerge CUPS, it will spit some warnings at you if it detects >> problems with your kernel configuration. >> >> -- >> :wq >> > > Personally I prefer enabling USB printer support in kernel instead of > cups (both of them are mutually exclusive!). Because, cupsd sometimes > chokes when you shut off and on the printer many times. Once that > happened I switched to kernel support and never faced the problem > again. If you have HP printer, install hplip package. Read cups logs in /var/log/cups or whatever.
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
on 07/21/2012 08:58 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote the following: > Evening, Experts! > > My printer isn't printing. > > More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find > the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with > "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". > > My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. > Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build > would help. ;-(. > > Help would be most appreciated. > > TIA! > Edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and set "Browsing On", afterwards re-start or reload cups.
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 07:44:51PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Evening, Experts! > > My printer isn't printing. > > More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find > > the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with > > "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". > > My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. > > Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build > > would help. ;-(. > > Help would be most appreciated. > What kind of printer? How is it connected to the computer? It's an old Samsung ML-1450, connected by a USB cable. The printer, of itself, works fine. It prints on my "mdev system". > What USE flags do you have enabled for the CUPS build? # emerge -pv cups gives: [ebuild R] net-print/cups-1.5.2-r4 USE="X acl dbus filters jpeg ldap pam perl png python ssl threads tiff usb -avahi -debug -gnutls -java -kerberos -slp -static-libs -xinetd" LINGUAS="-da -de -es -eu -fi -fr -id -it -ja -ko -nl -no -pl -pt -pt_BR -ru -sv -zh -zh_TW" 0 kB In particular, I've got usb set there. In my kernel config, # CONFIG_USB_PRINTER is not set , although I've tried setting it too, to no avail. > If you re-emerge CUPS, it will spit some warnings at you if it detects > problems with your kernel configuration. It gave me no warnings. > -- > :wq -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Evening, Experts! > > My printer isn't printing. > > More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find > the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with > "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". > > My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. > Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build > would help. ;-(. > > Help would be most appreciated. > > TIA! I had to blacklist the usblp module for CUPS to work with my printer. FWIW. :)
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
On Jul 24, 2012 8:19 PM, "Paul Hartman" wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Evening, Experts! > > > > My printer isn't printing. > > > > More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find > > the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with > > "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". > > > > My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. > > Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build > > would help. ;-(. > > > > Help would be most appreciated. > > > > TIA! > > I had to blacklist the usblp module for CUPS to work with my printer. FWIW. :) > I think compiling without usb support is more sensible there.
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >> Evening, Experts! >> >> My printer isn't printing. >> >> More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find >> the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with >> "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". >> >> My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. >> Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build >> would help. ;-(. >> >> Help would be most appreciated. >> >> TIA! > I had to blacklist the usblp module for CUPS to work with my printer. FWIW. :) > > I think I read something about this a while back. Maybe google can turn up a reason why since my memory is like a screen door, only catches some stuff but lets everything else flow right through. ;-) Since I have not had any trouble with my printer, I bet it was on this mailing list or KDE's mailing list. Those are the only two I subscribe to. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 21:54 -0500, Dale wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> Evening, Experts! > >> > >> My printer isn't printing. > >> > >> More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find > >> the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with > >> "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". > >> > >> My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. > >> Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build > >> would help. ;-(. > >> > >> Help would be most appreciated. > >> > >> TIA! > > I had to blacklist the usblp module for CUPS to work with my printer. FWIW. > > :) > > > > > > > I think I read something about this a while back. Maybe google can turn > up a reason why since my memory is like a screen door, only catches some > stuff but lets everything else flow right through. ;-) > > Since I have not had any trouble with my printer, I bet it was on this > mailing list or KDE's mailing list. Those are the only two I subscribe > to. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > This broke my printing as well - I went the route of taking the module out of the kernel config. But what I didnt resolve to my satisfaction, is what is the best solution? - there are two that work but which *should* we use? BillK
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer isn't working. Help, please!
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 21:54 -0500, Dale wrote: >> Paul Hartman wrote: >> > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >> >> Evening, Experts! >> >> >> >> My printer isn't printing. >> >> >> >> More precisely, when in CUPS 1.5.2 (localhost:631), CUPS fails to find >> >> the printer. When I click on "Find New Printers" it comes back with >> >> "Available Printers - No Printers Found.". >> >> >> >> My system has been like this since I converted back from mdev to udev. >> >> Though I have just built Linux 3.3.8 in the hope that a new kernel build >> >> would help. ;-(. >> >> >> >> Help would be most appreciated. >> >> >> >> TIA! >> > I had to blacklist the usblp module for CUPS to work with my printer. >> > FWIW. :) >> > >> > >> >> >> I think I read something about this a while back. Maybe google can turn >> up a reason why since my memory is like a screen door, only catches some >> stuff but lets everything else flow right through. ;-) >> >> Since I have not had any trouble with my printer, I bet it was on this >> mailing list or KDE's mailing list. Those are the only two I subscribe >> to. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> > > This broke my printing as well - I went the route of taking the module > out of the kernel config. But what I didnt resolve to my satisfaction, > is what is the best solution? - there are two that work but which > *should* we use? I believe allowing CUPS to handle it directly is the preferred solution. Though that's not ideal if you're looking to, e.g. dump a text file directly to /dev/lp0, or write syslog to a printer. So, really, it depends on your use case. I expect the majority of people would find they want CUPS to handle it. -- :wq
[gentoo-user] printer problem solved by new flag
I've just successfully got my HP DJ-2510 printer to work after a struggle. I updated Hplip recently & there's a new flag : USE="hpcups" ; in the printer dialog at Port 631, this needs to be chosen : when I used the 'hpijs' filter, it refused to print with "filter failed", but when I chose 'hpcups' it went thro' properly. I'm reporting this to help others who may run into the roadblock. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
[SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] Printer Sharing with Samba
All, Samba proved to be a very simple and effective fix. Plus, as was said earlier, it doesn't break any of the rules that my school has in place. Thanks again, all, for your help. Kris On Thursday 09 March 2006 13:33, Michael Crute wrote: > On 3/9/06, Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, in fact, I think it does. I forgot that the main problem > > was in fact just PRINTING... Yeah, cups and samba will take care > > of that. Samba will broadcast netbios stuff over the net so you > > can see your shared printer (and folders). > > > > You know, sometimes you just loose focus and forget about simple > > solutions for simple problems... > > Hehe... everybody wants to engineer an elaborate fix when sometimes > all it takes is some duck tape ;-) > > -Mike > > -- > > Michael E. Crute > http://mike.crute.org > > It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with > potatoes. --Douglas Adams -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer not working after world update
On Thursday 14 October 2010 14:15:12 Vincent Launchbury wrote: > Hi list, > > I've been using my printer problem free for years, but a recent world > update seems to have broken something. Now whenever I print I get: > >(/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip) stopped with status 1! >[Job 129] Job stopped due to filter errors. > > and the job eventually vanishes from the queue. I've tried reinstalling > (and later downgrading) foomatic-filters, ghostscript-gpl, and cups. > I've also tried deleting and re-adding the printer, restarting cups, > restarting the printer.. etc, and nothing seems to be helping. > > The foomatic-rip script says the return code 1 means "printer error > occured", but my printer's error light isn't flashing. > > Also, revdep-rebuild shows nothing, and I do read ewarns. Hopefully I > haven't missed something obvious. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Vincent. > > Current versions: >foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 >ghostscript-gpl-8.71-r1 >cups-1.3.11-r2 > Printer: >PagePro 1350W (simple ps-compat, using ppd from openprinting.org) Have you tried unmasking and using cups-1.4.4-r2 ? I came up to some problems as described in a previous thread and some nice people in this list suggested to use a later version, which fixed some (but not all) of my problems. Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer not working after world update
On 10/14/10 13:45, Mick wrote: > Have you tried unmasking and using cups-1.4.4-r2 ? Thanks! It didn't fix things, but it did lead me to the solution. Apparently cups 1.4 has much more verbose logging, which pointed me to an issue with the min12xxw driver. Cups 1.4 doesn't seem to detect USB printers though, but fixing the driver issue and downgrading back to 1.3 got me printing again :). > I came up to some problems as described in a previous thread and some nice > people in this list suggested to use a later version, which fixed some (but > not all) of my problems. I guess each version has it's pros and cons. Thanks for the pointer. Regards, Vincent.
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer not working after world update
On Friday 15 October 2010 05:15:03 Vincent Launchbury wrote: > Cups 1.4 doesn't seem to detect USB printers though, but fixing the > driver issue and downgrading back to 1.3 got me printing again :). It detects some but not others. I raised bug 337266 about this. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer not working after world update
On Friday 15 October 2010 05:15:03 Vincent Launchbury wrote: > On 10/14/10 13:45, Mick wrote: > > Have you tried unmasking and using cups-1.4.4-r2 ? > > Thanks! It didn't fix things, but it did lead me to the solution. > Apparently cups 1.4 has much more verbose logging, which pointed me to > an issue with the min12xxw driver. Cups 1.4 doesn't seem to detect USB > printers though, but fixing the driver issue and downgrading back to 1.3 > got me printing again :). > > > I came up to some problems as described in a previous thread and some > > nice people in this list suggested to use a later version, which fixed > > some (but not all) of my problems. > > I guess each version has it's pros and cons. Thanks for the pointer. You're welcome. Have a look at the 1.4.4-r2 USE flags. There's a usb flag there which allows cups to access raw usb devices directly - you may not need another driver for your printer. Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup: where is foomatic-rip?
rattus ~ # locate foomatic-rip /usr/bin/foomatic-rip /usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/foomatic-rip /usr/lib/ppr/lib/foomatic-rip /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip /usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.bz2 rattus ~ # equery b foomatic-rip --- Invalid atom in /usr/local/portage/layman/sunrise/profiles/package.mask: Slot deps are not allowed in EAPI 0: 'x11-wm/qlwm:3' * Searching for foomatic-rip ... net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip) net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 (/usr/bin/foomatic-rip) net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 (/usr/lib/ppr/lib/foomatic-rip -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip) net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 (/usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/foomatic-rip -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip) ^C rattus ~ # On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 12:18 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hi, gentoo! > > I'm trying to set up my printer (a Samsung ML-1450 (which looks like an > HP Laserjet)) according to the "Gentoo Printing Guide". There is no > problem with the USB connection to it. > > I've got as far as printing a test page (in section 4). The page > doesn't print. The error message in /var/log/cups/error_log is: > > Filter "foomatic-rip" for printer "ML-1450" not available: no such > file or directory > > The driver I've downloaded and installed is pxlmono (as recommended). > > I've tried emerge foomatic, to no avail. > > How do I get foomatic-rip and get it working? > > Thanks in advance! > -- William Kenworthy Home in Perth!
Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup: where is foomatic-rip?
Hi, William. Thanks for the help! I had to emerge foomatic-filters-ppds, after which it was easy. My printer now prints. Alan Mackenzie. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 08:29:20PM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > rattus ~ # locate foomatic-rip > /usr/bin/foomatic-rip > /usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/foomatic-rip > /usr/lib/ppr/lib/foomatic-rip > /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip > /usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.bz2 > rattus ~ # equery b foomatic-rip > --- Invalid atom > in /usr/local/portage/layman/sunrise/profiles/package.mask: Slot deps > are not allowed in EAPI 0: 'x11-wm/qlwm:3' > * Searching for foomatic-rip ... > net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 > (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip) > net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 (/usr/bin/foomatic-rip) > net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 (/usr/lib/ppr/lib/foomatic-rip > -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip) > net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 > (/usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/foomatic-rip -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip) > ^C > rattus ~ # > > > > On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 12:18 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hi, gentoo! > > > > I'm trying to set up my printer (a Samsung ML-1450 (which looks like an > > HP Laserjet)) according to the "Gentoo Printing Guide". There is no > > problem with the USB connection to it. > > > > I've got as far as printing a test page (in section 4). The page > > doesn't print. The error message in /var/log/cups/error_log is: > > > > Filter "foomatic-rip" for printer "ML-1450" not available: no such > > file or directory > > > > The driver I've downloaded and installed is pxlmono (as recommended). > > > > I've tried emerge foomatic, to no avail. > > > > How do I get foomatic-rip and get it working? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > -- > William Kenworthy > Home in Perth! > >
[gentoo-user] printer uses UHCI instead of EHCI. Why?
Ehci module is loaded, all MB USB ports are USB 2 ports, printer is "USB 2 (Full Speed)" printer. Where to dig in? Which additional information must I supply? Andrew -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer uses UHCI instead of EHCI. Why?
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:57:08 +0300 Andrew Gaydenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ehci module is loaded, all MB USB ports are USB 2 ports, printer is > "USB 2 (Full Speed)" printer. > > Where to dig in? Which additional information must I supply? > > > Andrew just a guess, but do you have your kernel set up to allow ehci bus control? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer uses UHCI instead of EHCI. Why?
Hi! === On Saturday 16 February 2008, you wrote: === > On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:57:08 +0300 > > Andrew Gaydenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ehci module is loaded, all MB USB ports are USB 2 ports, printer is > > "USB 2 (Full Speed)" printer. > > > > Where to dig in? Which additional information must I supply? > > > > > > Andrew > > just a guess, but do you have your kernel set up to allow ehci bus > control? lsmod | grep hci uhci_hcd 34592 0 ehci_hcd 46156 0 Do you mean something else? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer uses UHCI instead of EHCI. Why?
Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2008 schrieb Andrew Gaydenko: > Ehci module is loaded, all MB USB ports are USB 2 ports, printer is "USB > 2 (Full Speed)" printer. And there is nothing wrong. EHCI handles only the High Speed mode of USB2! Low and Full Speed are still handled by UHCI/OHCI. Regards Jens -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer uses UHCI instead of EHCI. Why?
On Sonntag, 17. Februar 2008, Jens Krahe wrote: > Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2008 schrieb Andrew Gaydenko: > > Ehci module is loaded, all MB USB ports are USB 2 ports, printer is "USB > > 2 (Full Speed)" printer. > > And there is nothing wrong. EHCI handles only the High Speed mode of USB2! > Low and Full Speed are still handled by UHCI/OHCI. you are wrong, kernel with ehci only: [ 31.592651] usb 1-3.1: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer uses UHCI instead of EHCI. Why?
Am Sonntag, 17. Februar 2008 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > On Sonntag, 17. Februar 2008, Jens Krahe wrote: > > Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2008 schrieb Andrew Gaydenko: > > > Ehci module is loaded, all MB USB ports are USB 2 ports, printer is > > > "USB 2 (Full Speed)" printer. > > > > And there is nothing wrong. EHCI handles only the High Speed mode of > > USB2! Low and Full Speed are still handled by UHCI/OHCI. > > you are wrong, kernel with ehci only: > > [ 31.592651] usb 1-3.1: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and > address 4 And the device works? However, I refer to Universal Serial Bus EHCI Specification [1] on page 3: "A USB 2.0 Host Controller includes one high-speed mode host controller and 0 or more USB 1.1 host controllers (see Figure 1-2). The high-speed host controller implements an EHCI interface. It is used for all high-speed communications to high-speed-mode devices connected to the root ports of the USB 2.0 host controller. This specification allows communications to Full- and Low-speed devices connected to the root ports of the USB 2.0 host controller to be provided by companion USB 1.1 host controllers." and on page 4: "High-speed devices are always routed to and controlled by the EHCI host controller (eHC). When running and configured, the eHC is the default owner of all the root ports. The eHC and its driver initially detect all device attaches. It has additional control bits visible in each port register to manage the routing logic. For example: if the attached device is not a high-speed device, the eHC driver releases ownership of the port (and thus control of the device) to a companion host controller. For that port, enumeration starts over from the initial attach detect point and the device is enumerated under the cHC. Otherwise, the eHC retains ownership of the port and the device completes enumeration under the eHC." Regards Jens [1] http://www.intel.com/technology/usb/download/ehci-r10.pdf -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer uses UHCI instead of EHCI. Why?
Hi! === On Sunday 17 February 2008, you wrote: === ... > and on page 4: > "High-speed devices are always routed to and controlled by the EHCI > host controller (eHC). When running and configured, the eHC is the > default owner of all the root ports. The eHC and its driver initially > detect all device attaches. It has additional control bits visible in > each port register to manage the routing logic. For example: if the > attached device is not a high-speed device, the eHC driver releases > ownership of the port (and thus control of the device) to a companion > host controller. For that port, enumeration starts over from the > initial attach detect point and the device is enumerated under the > cHC. Otherwise, the eHC retains ownership of the port and the device > completes enumeration under the eHC." > > Regards > Jens > > [1] http://www.intel.com/technology/usb/download/ehci-r10.pdf It seems like all is as it must be :-) - see below. The printer declared to be "Full Speed", i.e. 12Mbit/s, and the speed is got. Just curious why printing is too slow (periodical lags between pages). Probably, some cupsd tuning is needed (CPU eating is ~0%, of course). Andrew === Feb 17 17:30:50 anli hub 2-0:1.0: state 7 ports 6 chg evt 0004 Feb 17 17:30:50 anli ehci_hcd :00:1d.7: GetStatus port 2 status 001803 POWER sig=j CSC CONNECT Feb 17 17:30:50 anli hub 2-0:1.0: port 2, status 0501, change 0001, 480 Mb/s Feb 17 17:30:50 anli hub 2-0:1.0: debounce: port 2: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x501 Feb 17 17:30:50 anli ehci_hcd :00:1d.7: port 2 full speed --> companion Feb 17 17:30:50 anli ehci_hcd :00:1d.7: GetStatus port 2 status 003801 POWER OWNER sig=j CONNECT Feb 17 17:30:50 anli hub 2-0:1.0: port 2 not reset yet, waiting 50ms Feb 17 17:30:50 anli usb usb5: wakeup_rh (auto-start) Feb 17 17:30:50 anli ehci_hcd :00:1d.7: GetStatus port 2 status 003002 POWER OWNER sig=se0 CSC Feb 17 17:30:50 anli hub 5-0:1.0: state 7 ports 2 chg evt 0004 Feb 17 17:30:50 anli uhci_hcd :00:1d.0: port 2 portsc 0093,00 Feb 17 17:30:50 anli hub 5-0:1.0: port 2, status 0101, change 0001, 12 Mb/s Feb 17 17:30:50 anli hub 5-0:1.0: debounce: port 2: total 100ms stable 100ms status 0x101 Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3 Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: ep0 maxpacket = 8 Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: default language 0x0409 Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: uevent Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: usb_probe_device Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: adding 5-2:1.0 (config #1, interface 0) Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2:1.0: uevent Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usblp 5-2:1.0: usb_probe_interface Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usblp 5-2:1.0: usb_probe_interface - got id Feb 17 17:30:51 anli drivers/usb/core/file.c: looking for a minor, starting at 0 Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x0482 pid 0x0015 Feb 17 17:30:51 anli drivers/usb/core/inode.c: creating file '003' Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: Product: Kyocera FS-1030D Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: Manufacturer: Kyocera Feb 17 17:30:51 anli usb 5-2: SerialNumber: ** Feb 17 17:30:51 anli hub 2-0:1.0: state 7 ports 6 chg evt 0004 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] printer uses UHCI instead of EHCI. Why?
On Sonntag, 17. Februar 2008, Jens Krahe wrote: > Am Sonntag, 17. Februar 2008 schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann: > > On Sonntag, 17. Februar 2008, Jens Krahe wrote: > > > Am Samstag, 16. Februar 2008 schrieb Andrew Gaydenko: > > > > Ehci module is loaded, all MB USB ports are USB 2 ports, printer is > > > > "USB 2 (Full Speed)" printer. > > > > > > And there is nothing wrong. EHCI handles only the High Speed mode of > > > USB2! Low and Full Speed are still handled by UHCI/OHCI. > > > > you are wrong, kernel with ehci only: > > > > [ 31.592651] usb 1-3.1: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and > > address 4 > > And the device works? > 31.984912] usb 1-3: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2 [ 32.109390] usb 1-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 32.109727] hub 1-3:1.0: USB hub found [ 32.110081] hub 1-3:1.0: 4 ports detected [ 32.437368] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3 [ 32.566492] usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 32.753643] usb 1-3.1: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 [ 32.856094] usb 1-3.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [ 32.867755] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /class/input/input3 [ 32.880583] input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-:00:02.1-3.1 [ 32.886684] input: Logitech USB Receiver as /class/input/input4 [ 32.913844] input: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-:00:02.1-3.1 so it is the mouse/receiver of the mouse. And yes, it works perfectly fine. I have ohci support compiled as module - but the module is never loaded. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list