Printer, KDE 4.2, Cups

johnm76 · 2009-02-25 06:59:23

I just reinstalled from the 2009.02 ISO and tried KDE4.2 for the first time -- love it, but there is a snatch; my printer just won't work. It did whilst I had Gnome installed, however. So what to do? Where to look for errors?

* My user is in lp group
* Printer installed ok in system-config-printer-kde
* Cups installed and running (obviously)

No test page was printed, nor any errormessages - just ... nothing. Same as for Okular and OpenOffice. Even tried kdesu kwrite and print from there just in case; same result - nothing.

Oh. Yes, both cables are in place; power and usb. Even tried different usb-ports in case the ususal somehow automagically stopped working

Last edited by johnm76 (2009-02-26 13:39:01)

toad · 2009-02-25 08:20:02

what happens to print jobs on localhost:631 ?

johnm76 · 2009-02-26 00:48:13

No idea - how do I check printjobs @ localhost? Command line is no problemo - I just need some directions on the proper commands

test1000 · 2009-02-26 01:38:14

you type above command into your browser.

there's also an article on archwiki on how to troubleshoot printer issues which is pretty good

archwiki wrote:

The best way to get printing working is to set 'LogLevel' in '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf' to:
LogLevel debug
And then viewing the output from '/var/log/cups/error_log' like this:
# tail -n 100 -f /var/log/cups/error_log
The characters at the left of the output stands for:
D = Debug
E = Error
I = Information
etc...
These files may also prove useful.
/var/log/cups/page_log 'spits out a new entry each time a print is successful.'
/var/log/cups/access_log 'lists all cupsd http1.1 server activity'

Last edited by test1000 (2009-02-26 01:40:46)

johnm76 · 2009-02-26 10:15:58

From error_log

X [26/Feb/2009:11:08:02 +0100] No Listen or Port lines were found to allow access via localhost!
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Listening to 127.0.0.1:631 (IPv4)
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Using default TempDir of /var/spool/cups/tmp...
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Using policy "default" as the default!
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Full reload is required.
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Loaded MIME database from '/etc/cups': 35 types, 40 filters...
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Loading NextJobId from job cache file "/var/cache/cups/job.cache"...
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Full reload complete.
I [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Cleaning out old temporary files in "/var/spool/cups/tmp"...
E [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Unable to find IP address for server name "mach09"!
E [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] Unable to bind socket for address 127.0.0.1:631 - Address already in use.
X [26/Feb/2009:11:08:06 +0100] No Listen or Port lines were found to allow access via localhost!

Seems there is an issue on localhost as far as I can understand ...

johnm76 · 2009-02-26 10:33:01

toad wrote:

what happens to print jobs on localhost:631 ?

I get to see Cups 1.3.9 web interface - also a rather long list of jobs I've tried to start yesterday and today ...

At 'Printers'-tab I see the following: Photosmart_C3100_series (Default Printer) "/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed"

Allan · 2009-02-26 10:36:26

Install net-snmp

moonfish · 2009-02-26 10:40:07

I had the same problem with printing in KDE 4.2 and I resolved it by firering up 'system-config-printer-kde' as root, removing all printers and installing them again with that configuration tool.

johnm76 · 2009-02-26 10:58:04

Allan wrote:

Install net-snmp

It worked! Thanks!!

... but only by checking localhost in browser -- the printer won't start until I've manually restarted the job. However - the scanner works flawlessly (it's a multifuntion printer). Since, as mentioned earlier, it has worked before - I believe there is some configuration not ok

Update: Simple text files is allowed to restart - if an image is embedded (ie from OpenOffice) the processing seems to take forever -- as in 15 mins+ for a 2.5 mb file. All this according to http://localhost:631/jobs/

Last edited by johnm76 (2009-02-26 13:49:25)

test1000 · 2009-02-27 15:23:28

what's this elusive net-snmp that some people need to get printing working and is not a dep of cups?

Last edited by test1000 (2009-02-27 15:23:53)

bernarcher · 2009-02-27 18:21:31

test1000 wrote:

what's this elusive net-snmp that some people need to get printing working and is not a dep of cups?

bp:~$ pacman -Qi net-snmp
Name           : net-snmp
Version        : 5.4.2.1-1
URL            : http://www.net-snmp.org/
Licenses       : custom  
Groups         : None
Provides       : ucd-snmp  
Depends On     : openssl  tcp_wrappers  
Optional Deps  : perl-term-readkey: for snmpcheck application
                 perl-tk: for snmpcheck application
Required By    : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 17588.00 K
Packager       : Eric Belanger <eric@archlinux.org>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Sat Nov 1 07:21:47 2008
Install Date   : Wed Feb 18 13:02:19 2009
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Description    : A suite of applications used to implement SNMP v1, SNMP v2c and
                 SNMP v3 using both IPv4 and IPv6

It is, besides others, a hplip requirement. Cf. e.g. this thread:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=65615

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Printer, KDE 4.2, Cups

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