Re: [gentoo-user] Cups/Sane and The Brother MFC-7420
On Sunday 18 December 2005 23:05, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Cups/Sane and The Brother MFC-7420': > Can anyone help me with the scanner now? It would be really nice to > have that work. I'm running amd64, do I have 64-bit sane. The libraries they provide are, of course, 32-bit so sane won't load them. I haven't (and probably won't) install a 32-bit sane, so I'll just have to wait for 64-bit drivers from brother. Might start a new thread if I decide to use my gentoo laptop to run it and it doesn't work in 32-bit mode. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cups/Sane and The Brother MFC-7420
On Sunday 18 December 2005 17:00, Lares Moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Cups/Sane and The Brother MFC-7420': > Did you try emergeing foomatic-db w/ USE="ppds" ? > there are a bunch of Brother ppds in there. After I read this, I decided to just go ahead and try some of the provided brother drivers. While I'm not sure if it has full functionality now, I did the test page to print by using the 'Brother MFC-9600 / hl1250' driver. Can anyone help me with the scanner now? It would be really nice to have that work. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Cups/Sane and The Brother MFC-7420
On Sunday 18 December 2005 17:00, Lares Moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Cups/Sane and The Brother MFC-7420':
> Did you try emergeing foomatic-db w/ USE="ppds" ?
> there are a bunch of Brother ppds in there.
Actually, yes, I have. Unfortunately, these ppds do not cover my printer.
More information I promised:
# emerge --info
Portage 2.1_pre1 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-4.1.0-beta20051216,
glibc-2.3.6-r1, 2.6.14-gentoo-r4 x86_64)
=
System uname: 2.6.14-gentoo-r4 x86_64 Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor
275
Gentoo Base System version 1.12.0_pre11
distcc 2.18.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632)
[disabled]
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
dev-lang/python: 2.4.2
sys-apps/sandbox:1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r1
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.20-r1
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=opteron -pipe"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env
/usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env
/usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config
/usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=opteron -pipe"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms
strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo";
MAKEOPTS="-j5"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="amd64 X a52 aac aalib acl acpi alsa apm arts async audiofile avi
bash-completion berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts bl browserplugin bzip2 cdparanoia
cdr crypt cscope css cups curl dbus dga directfb dts dv dvb dvd dvdr
dvdread edl eds elf emacs emboss encode esd exif expat fam fame fbcon
ffmpeg flac foomaticdb fortran fuse gd gdbm gif gimp gimpprint glut gmp
gnutls gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile hal howl idn ieee1394
imagemagick imlib ipv6 jack java javascript jpeg junit kde kdeenablefinal
kerberos lcms ldap lesstif libcaca libg++ libwww licaca lm_sensors
logitech-mouse lzo lzw lzw-tiff mad mikmod mjpeg mng motif mozilla mp3
mpeg mplayer musepack musicbrainz mysql nas ncurses nls nptl nsplugin
ntlm_unsupported_patch odbc ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcre pda pdflib
perl png postgres ppds python qt quicktime rdesktop readline real rtc
samba sasl sblive scanner sdl slang slp smp sndfile snmp spell sqlite ssl
svg syslog tcltk tcpd tetex tga theora threads tidy tiff truetype
truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb userlocales v4l v4l2 vcd
vorbis wifi wmf xanim xine xinerama xml xml2 xmms xpm xprint xv xvid zlib
elibc_glibc kernel_linux userland_GNU"
Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS
# emerge -pv cups
[ebuild R ] net-print/cups-1.1.23-r5 USE="-cjk +gnutls +nls +pam
+samba +slp +ssl" 0 kB
# zcat Brother-MFC-7420.ppd.gz
*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
*%
*% Copyright(C) 2003 Brother Industries, Ltd.
*% "Brother MFC-7420 for CUPS"
*%
*% General Information Keywords
*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.00"
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*LanguageVersion: English
*PCFileName: "BRMFC7420_CUPS.PPD"
*Product: "(Brother MFC-7420 series)"
*cupsVersion: 1.1
*cupsManualCopies: True
*cupsModelNumber: 68
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 brlpdwrapperMFC7420"
*PSVersion: "(3010.106) 3"
*ModelName: "MFC-7420"
*NickName: "Brother MFC-7420 for CUPS"
*% Basic Device Capabilities =
*LanguageLevel: "3"
*TTRasterizer: Type42
*ColorDevice: False
*DefaultColorSpace: Gray
*FileSystem: True
*?FileSystem:"
save
/devname (%disk0%) def
/ret false def
0 1 7{
devname exch 48 add 5 exch put
devname devstatus {
0 ne {/ret true def}if
pop pop pop pop pop pop pop
}if
}for
ret {(True)}{(False)} ifelse = flush
restore
"
*End
*Throughput: "18"
*FreeVM: "170"
*% Installable Options ===
*% Media Selection ==
*OpenUI *PageSize: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 30 AnySetup *PageSize
Re: [gentoo-user] Cups/Sane and The Brother MFC-7420
Did you try emergeing foomatic-db w/ USE="ppds" ? there are a bunch of Brother ppds in there. On Sun, 2005-12-18 at 16:08 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > I recently bought a Brother MFC-7420 and I'm trying to get it to work with > my gentoo linux system. > > Brother provides a lpr driver, a sane driver, and a cupswrapper driver, > none of which I can get to work. I have successfully converted the > provided .deb / .rpm packages to tar.gz and extracted them, looked at the > install/configure shell prints, extracted the fliters and ppds (for > printer drivers) and put them in the right place, or at least what I > believe to be the right place. > > Unfortunately, when trying to configure kprinter, as root, I get an error > to the effect of Invalid Format when trying to read the ppd. > > Does anyone have experience with this printer, or any of the brother > printers (they seem to have a mostly unified interface) on gentoo? I'd > have to have to switch to debian just to get this to work. ;) > > Also, what information would be helpful for any that want to help me > troubleshoot this? This has been stymieing me for a week, and I'd really > like to get it fixed ASAP (I have having to go to kinkos to print). > > -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- Lares Moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | LRU: 400755 http://counter.li.org lares/irc.freenode.net | Gentoo x86 Arch Tester | ::0 Alberta, Canada Public Key: 0D46BB6E @ subkeys.pgp.net | Encrypted Mail Preferred Key fingerprint = 0CA3 E40D F897 7709 3628 C5D4 7D94 483E 0D46 BB6E signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[gentoo-user] Cups/Sane and The Brother MFC-7420
I recently bought a Brother MFC-7420 and I'm trying to get it to work with my gentoo linux system. Brother provides a lpr driver, a sane driver, and a cupswrapper driver, none of which I can get to work. I have successfully converted the provided .deb / .rpm packages to tar.gz and extracted them, looked at the install/configure shell prints, extracted the fliters and ppds (for printer drivers) and put them in the right place, or at least what I believe to be the right place. Unfortunately, when trying to configure kprinter, as root, I get an error to the effect of Invalid Format when trying to read the ppd. Does anyone have experience with this printer, or any of the brother printers (they seem to have a mostly unified interface) on gentoo? I'd have to have to switch to debian just to get this to work. ;) Also, what information would be helpful for any that want to help me troubleshoot this? This has been stymieing me for a week, and I'd really like to get it fixed ASAP (I have having to go to kinkos to print). -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
