Hunter 1.1.0 LiveCD: Problem Printing

[Wolven]

I do like Wolvix 1.1.0 LiveCD, but cannot get it to print.

CUPs appears to configure my Epson Stylus Color 860, but fails to print anything, even a test page. (This printer works with CUPs on other distros.)

CUPs version 1.1.23;

Driver: EPSON Stylus Color 860 - CUPs + GIMP - Print V4.2.7

The CUPs web "Jobs" screen reports that the print job was "aborted."

The CUPs web "configure" screen reports: "server-error-internal-error"

I have tried the printer's parallel and USB interfaces; I have tried booting Wolvix with the printer switched off, and with the printer switched on.

The parallel interface produces a URI:
parallel:/dev/lp0

The USB interface produces a URI:
usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Color%20860

I've also tried using Gslapt to reload CUPs etc. as described in a previous post.

Question: Should printing work in LiveCD mode?

Any suggestions please?

[Wolven]

Hello Richard S and Welcome to Wolvix.

I found that I have the same problem as you describe above, I did manage to resolve the issue though. Here's what to do until I create a new package to fix the issue.

Stop CUPS, then do this (as root):

cd /usr/share

rm -r doc

ln -sf /usr/doc doc

Then start CUPS and try setting up the printer again.

The problem is that CUPS has been compiled to use /usr/share/doc as it's document path. Slackware's default doc path is /usr/doc, so it has a symlink from /usr/share/doc to /usr/doc. This symlink has been broken and replaced with a directory in the Wolvix modules it seems.

I'll try to work out a solution for the issue, but give the above a try.

[richard s]

Thanks for your prompt answer.

Unfortunately, it does not work on my system.

[Wolven]

OK. Then we add two more steps to this, which I did on my system, but I didn't think it was needed. Remove the CUPS package, do the directory thing and install the package again.

removepkg cups

cd /usr/share

rm -r doc

ln -sf /usr/doc doc

slapt-get --install cups

After install you need to do this:

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.cups

/etc/rc.d/rc.cups start

Let me know if that works or not.

[richard s]

Thanks for your help: Printing now works.

I needed an extra step:

slapt-get --update

before the

slapt-get --install cups

Also, on my PC, the "CUPS Printer Manager" item under the "Accessories" menu seems to work better than the "Printer" tab in the Wolvix Control Panel.

(I also found this when reducing my screen display to 1024x768: I had to change this in the "Display Settings" item on the "Settings" menu, rather than via the Configure X-Windows in the Wolvix Control Panel.)

Thanks again for your rapid help and for Wolvix.

Having found Linux 301 & Linux 201 too hard, I start a Linux 101 course later this week!

[Wolven]

Your welcome. I'm glad it worked.

Yes the CUPS Printer Manager is a nice tool, the web front-end for CUPS isn't very sexy, but it does the job.

The Display Settings tool is just for switching video modes that's already been configured in the Xorg config file. (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) The Configure X-Windows tool in WCP is for configuring Xorg.

Good luck with the 101 ;-)

[rhomp2002]

I had problems finding my printer on the CUPS list of printers to get the PPD.  Finally I added the repository that On-Disk mentioned in his review (http://www.slacky.eu/repository/slackware-11.0/) which gave me the HPLIP in addition to the HPIJS gslapt modules.  

When I went to CUPS to add my printer after that everything was in place and it hooked right up.  My problem was that the HPIJS you have does not include the latest HP printers (mine if the Officejet Pro K550 which just came out late last year and now there is a newer one as well, the Pro K5400 which is the same printer with a different name, I think).  The repository mentioned above does have what I needed and now I am a completely happy camper.

[iminj]

Wolven:

I have an Epson C88 (inkjet) and a Samsung ML-2510 (laser) printer. Each one is connected to the network router via a separate USB Print Server.

After downloading and installing the required drivers (gutenprint for the Epson, and the Samsung ML-2510/XAA Unified Linux Driver) - I could not past CUPS errors until I found this thread!

"unable to open print file /var/spool/cups/xxxx-xxx - Permission denied"

OR

"failed to load PPM image"

Anyone using 1.1.0 and getting these CUPS error messages should try the series of terminal commands Wolven provided.

Thanks!