More info on my CUPS problem. The original symptom description is at the bottom of this email. I found out where the print job is getting "stuck" on the client, whose hostname is rena. The computer physically connected to the printer is at 192.168.100.2 and is called mydesk. Here it is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ps ax | grep cups 6552 ? Ss 0:01 cupsd 11692 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep cups [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# lpr -P lp_dark test.txt [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ps ax | grep cups 6552 ? Ss 0:01 cupsd 11695 ? S 0:00 ipp://192.168.100.2:631/printers/lp_dark 11 root test.txt 1 job-sheets=none,none job-priority=50 job-hold-until=no-hold /var/spool/cups/d00011-001 11697 pts/2 R+ 0:00 grep cups [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /var/spool/cups/d00011-001 steve was here and now is gone but left his name to carry on. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# In the preceding, the text of /var/spool/cups/d00011-001 exactly matches test.txt -- it's exactly what I printed. To me, the command ipp://192.168.100.2:631/printers/lp_dark looks malformed -- not an executable. The spool file gets stuck as /var/spool/cups/d00011-001. Restarting cups on rena (the client) blows off the job and the spool file. So basically, I've found where the print job gets stuck (never gets off the client computer) but I don't know enough about CUPS to interpret that or figure out the next diagnostic test. Thanks SteveT On Monday 11 December 2006 00:34, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > My computer has an HP4050 hooked to its parallel port. Most printers in the > house run Mandriva 2006 and access my printer via the network. I upgraded > my computer to Mandriva 2007, and all of a sudden none of the other > computers can print to my printer. It (in all its various configurations > such as lp, lp_dark, lp_duplex etc) shows up on all the other Mandriva > machines, but when you print to it on those printers it "vanishes into thin > air". Nothing prints on my printer, and the lpq -P lp_dark command says > nothing's queued on their computer or on mine. I can't figure out what > happened to the print job. The same print job works perfectly if I sftp the > file to my computer and then print it from my computer. > > The cupsd daemon is running on all the computers, and lp_dark (and the > others) show up at http://localhost:631 on all the computers. > > This seemed to start when I upgraded my computer from Mandriva 2006 to > Mandriva 2007. > > What are some of the steps I'd take to troubleshoot this problem? My wife > and kids have started a fire under a 1000 gallon pot, and I'm scared I'll > get boiled if I don't get the family's printers printing. > > Thanks > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Author: > * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware > * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist > * Manager's Guide to Technical Troubleshooting > * Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting > * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore > http://www.troubleshooters.com/utp/tcourses.htm -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
