--On Monday, April 20, 2009 12:36:03 -0500 Keith Seyffarth <w...@weif.net>
wrote:
A laudable ambition!
OK, honestly, am I working under a valid assumption that it *is*
possible to print from FreeBSD? Or is this just going to engender
greater frustration?
I can print from my FreeBSD box using CUPS. Whether you can from yours I can't
say.
> cups-base-1.3.9_3 Common UNIX Printing System
> cups-pdf-2.5.0 A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files
> cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2 Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to
> non-PS printers gutenprint-cups-5.1.7_3 GutenPrint Printer Driver
> libgnomecups-0.2.3_1,1 Support library for gnome cups admistration
> hplip-2.8.2_4 Drivers and utilities for HP Printers and All-in-One
> device
This is what I have:
pa...@utd65257# pkg_info -a | grep cups | sort -u
Information for cups-base-1.3.9_3:
Information for cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2:
WWW: http://www.cups.org/
WWW: http://www.cups.org/ghostscript.html
cups-base-1.3.9_3
cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2
that use these filters. This software is available in the cups-pstoraster
OK. I created and edited this file. At least now on attaching the
printer, the permissions are other than root:operator.
I never had to do this to get printing working, and my devfs.conf file is a
sample file with no lines uncommented. Printing works fine. (Note that I am
not printing to a local printer.)
That doesn't change the behavior. It still fails to print, and seems
to error on a missing dll.
This makes no sense at all. DLLs are a Windows version of a library. FreeBSD
doesn't use them. Are you by any chance trying to print through Wine?
> And, actually, a third printing-related issue: How do I get cupsd to
> start on startup? I have these two lines in /etc/rc.conf:\
>
> cupsd_enable="YES" # enable cups printing management
That should be enough to get it running.
it doesn't. :(
Do you have the startup script:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd ?
If so, what is the output of /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd status?
You should have the following files and folders:
/usr/local/etc/cups/
classes.conf interfaces/ mime.types.N pstoraster.convs
cupsd.conf mime.convs ppd/ snmp.conf
cupsd.conf.N mime.convs.N printers.conf snmp.conf.N
cupsd.conf.default mime.types printers.conf.O ssl/
What's the output of this command?
# grep -v "#" /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf
What's the output of this command?
# cat /usr/local/etc/cups/printer.conf
Have you read the CUPS documentation?
http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/overview.html
--
Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst
As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions
are my own and not those of my employer.
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