On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 08:42:45AM -0700, Bob Scofield wrote: > The last two CUPS upgrades on Debian have been a nightmare. The > next-to-the-last upgrade resulted in an error message saying that the > parallel port couldn't be found and that CUPS would retry in 30 seconds. > > I Googled the problem and learned that the bug had been reported, but it was > classified as "low priority." But I could print by doing the following. If > I brought up CUPS and went to "Administration" and chose "Add Printer" and > did *nothing* then my print job would start. > > Today Apt upgraded to CUPS 1.2.1. Now I can't print at all. The new error > message is "/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel failed". What's more, if I try to > add a new printer with a different driver, I get nothing but a blank page > after typing in my user name and password. > > Fortunately I've got an earlier Debian version on another mounted partition, > and so I can print from there. But I was wondering if there is anybody else > suffering from these problems. My printer is an HP Laserjet 1320. I know > there are a bunch of Debian users on this list. So what's happening with you > folks? > > Is it possible to get the CUPS version number from my other Debian and > somehow > get Apt to download it, and then configure Apt not to upgrade it? > > I hate to be such a wimp. I've just recently decided that if I get a laptop > I'm going to install SuSE. But now I'm thinking of putting it on this > desktop. I know Rod Roark is going to say I should install Ubuntu, but the > first problem I mentioned is reported to have arisen on Unbuntu also. > > Thanks.
What version are you using? 1.2.1-3 "Fixes wrong command line arguments to backend. (closes: #372586, #373839)" which caused this kind of problem in 1.2.1-2. I can't see why you'd get a broken version if you upgraded today though. --Ken Bloom -- I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. See http://www.gnupg.org/ for info about these digital signatures.
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