James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
Ralph Shumaker wrote:
..
No, I don't have an authoritative answer, but it seems wrong to fix the
problem by removing those standard files -- which seem to come from the
libgnomeprintNN rpm (NN=22 for me, yours may be different).
I don't remember how to check but would be happy to if it will make a
difference. I don't know how I got that entry in my gnumeric printer
selection, but I don't want it to be the default. I NEVER use that
selection because I don't like it. IIRC, it always spits out an extra
blank page. Since I never use it, I don't see the point in having it. I
don't know if it has anything to do with the two files listed above.
Further, I don't know if these two files are needed. I suspect that
maybe they were installed when I installed fc4.
Nah, it doesn't really matter _where_ they came from, they're on every
(gnome) system, I guess. My thought is that if you delete them, the
programs like gnumeric may simply stop printing. But OTOH, removing the
one you don't want to be default _may_ force gnumeric to "find" another
default, so it may be worth a try. My thought is to move the files
somewhere rather than delete them -- but that's your call.
Well..., I realize I actually said "delete". But I'm a bit
obsessive-compulsive about "relocating things without a forwarding
address" for testing. But from the system's pespective, they're gone.
..
The only way I could change the default was to add a printer. I added
one, changed the default, but a fresh login and launch of gnumeric
showed the same old default (generic postscript printer). It showed the
new printer entry, but default was no different. In fact, it shows 4
printers, 2 of which don't exist, and 1 of which is basicly just a
duplicate of the actual printer. The four listed are:
Create a PDF document
Generic Postscript
TimeWaste
hp1100
And no matter what I do, gnome programs ALWAYS come up defaulting to the
second one.
Sounds like cups itself may be confused.
I have just deterrmined that in the
/etc/cups directory
the files
cupsd.conf
printers.conf
lpoptions
seem to be the important files controlling cups. The third may not be
quite as important?
Cupsd won't run without cupsd.conf, so that's prtobably ok, but I found
that if printers.conf is absent when cups starts, that gnumeric falls
back to showing 2 printers: create-pdf and generic-ps.
Perhaps there's something screwed-up in your printers.conf. Is there a
<DefaultPrinter ..>
stanza? Or, why don't you just post your /etc/cups/printers.conf file?
# cat /etc/cups/printers.conf
#
# "$Id: printers.conf,v 1.15 2005/01/03 19:29:45 mike Exp $"
#
# Sample printer configuration file for the Common UNIX Printing System
# (CUPS) scheduler.
#
# Copyright 1997-2005 by Easy Software Products, all rights reserved.
#
# These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the
# property of Easy Software Products and are protected by Federal
# copyright law. Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file
# "LICENSE.txt" which should have been included with this file. If this
# file is missing or damaged please contact Easy Software Products
# at:
#
# Attn: CUPS Licensing Information
# Easy Software Products
# 44141 Airport View Drive, Suite 204
# Hollywood, Maryland 20636 USA
#
# Voice: (301) 373-9600
# EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# WWW: http://www.cups.org
#
########################################################################
# #
# This is a sample printer configuration file. This file is included #
# from the main configuration file (cups.conf) and lists all of the #
# printers known to the system. #
# #
########################################################################
#
# Each printer starts with a <Printer name> definition. Printer names
# can be up to 128 characters in length and are *not* case sensitive.
#
# One <DefaultPrinter name> entry can appear in this file; if you don't
# define a default destination, the first printer or class becomes the
# default.
#
#<Printer sample>
#
# Info: the description for the printer.
#
#Info Acme LaserPrint 1000
#
# Location: the location of the printer.
#
#Location Room 101 in the activities building
#
# DeviceURI: the device URI for this printer.
#
#DeviceURI parallel:/dev/plp
#DeviceURI serial:/dev/ttyd1?baud=38400+size=8+parity=none+flow=soft
#DeviceURI scsi:/dev/scsi/sc1d6l0
#DeviceURI socket://hostname:port
#DeviceURI tftp://hostname/path
#DeviceURI ftp://hostname/path
#DeviceURI http://hostname[:port]/path
#DeviceURI ipp://hostname/path
#DeviceURI smb://hostname/printer
#
# State: sets the initial state of the printer. Can be one of the
# following:
#
# Idle - Printer is available to print new jobs.
# Stopped - Printer is disabled but accepting new jobs.
#
#State Idle
#
# StateMessage: sets the printer-state-message attribute for the printer.
#
#StateMessage Printer is idle.
#
# Accepting: is the printer accepting jobs?
#
#Accepting Yes
#Accepting No
#</Printer>
#
# End of "$Id: printers.conf,v 1.15 2005/01/03 19:29:45 mike Exp $".
#
<DefaultPrinter hp1100>
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
Location HP LJ 1100
Info HP LJ 1100
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>
<Printer TimeWaste>
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
Location This is an exercise in futility.
Info This is an exercise in futility.
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>
(Creating this prompt on Mon Aug 07 at 01:44:02.)
#
Other thoughts: you're not running the lpd daemon together with cups,
are you? What do you get from
ps -ef | grep cups\|lpd
(Creating this prompt on Mon Aug 07 at 01:44:02.)
# ps -ef | grep cups\|lpd
root 14079 14037 0 01:46 pts/1 00:00:00 grep cups|lpd
(Creating this prompt on Mon Aug 07 at 01:46:33.)
# ps -ef | grep cups|lpd
-bash: lpd: command not found
(Creating this prompt on Mon Aug 07 at 01:47:20.)
# ps -ef | grep cups
root 2371 1 0 Aug06 ? 00:00:00 cups-config-daemon
root 3927 1 0 Aug06 ? 00:00:00 cupsd
rafael 9391 1 0 Aug06 ? 00:00:01 eggcups --sm-client-id
default5
root 14087 14037 0 01:47 pts/1 00:00:00 grep cups
(Creating this prompt on Mon Aug 07 at 01:47:28.)
# ps -ef | grep lpd
root 14090 14037 0 01:47 pts/1 00:00:00 grep lpd
(Creating this prompt on Mon Aug 07 at 01:47:34.)
#
I get:
..cups-config-daemon
..eggcups --sm-client-id default4
..cupsd
If you have multiple cupsd (or also have lpd), that might confuse
things. After any messing-around with the files you do have to do
service cups restart
(or perhaps just ..reload instead of ..restart is adequate)
I suppose that "\|" in your suggested command translates to OR . I use
bash on fc4. If it was supposed to do something different than what I
supposed, tell me and I'll retry.
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