darren kirby <bulliver <at> badcomputer.org> writes:

> 
> quoth the James:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > After a "emerge --update --deep --newuse world"
> >
> > and then
> >
> > "env-update && source /etc/profile && updatedb && etc-update"
> >
> > I manually went throught the etc-update... Mostly X/KDE stuff
> > nothing related to printing...
> >
> > I have lost print. I cannot even
> >
> > lpr <filename>
> >
> > The printer is fine, via a parallel port switchbox and MS pc....
> > It has been working fine for 7 months.

> You can set "LogLevel" to "debug2" in cupsd.conf, and it will log 
> *everything* 
> and might give you the error message you need to diagnose this problem.

Ok, I did this; Here's what I get:

lpr <postscript file>

tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log

I [01/Mar/2005:16:20:34 -0500] Adding start banner page "none" to job 230.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:20:34 -0500] Adding end banner page "none" to job 230.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:20:34 -0500] Job 230 queued on 'hp4000n' by 'james'.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:20:34 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID
7099) for job 230.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:20:34 -0500] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster(PID 7100) for job 230.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:20:34 -0500] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertohp(PID 7101) for job 230.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:20:34 -0500] Started backend
/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel(PID 7102) for job 230.
E [01/Mar/2005:16:20:34 -0500] PID 7101 stopped with status 1!
I [01/Mar/2005:16:20:34 -0500] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find
out more.
E [01/Mar/2005:16:20:34 -0500] [Job 230] No pages found!


lpr <ascii text file>


tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log

I [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] Adding start banner page "none" to job 232.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] Adding end banner page "none" to job 232.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] Job 232 queued on 'hp4000n' by 'james'.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops (PID
7119) for job 232.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID
7120) for job 232.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster(PID 7121) for job 232.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertohp(PID 7122) for job 232.
I [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] Started backend
/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel(PID 7123) for job 232.
E [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] [Job 232] No pages found!
E [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] PID 7122 stopped with status 1!
I [01/Mar/2005:16:24:14 -0500] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find
out more.


Where do I find out what status 1 is?

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