Problems with cups/printconf on Squeeze and Sid

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

Good day all

  I can't get cups to do anything but show the entry page at 
localhost:631.  All of the other tabs display 500 Internal Server Error.

  This is on an AMD64 system.  Cups was working on a 686 system but the 
system recently died so I have lost my print server.

  The AMD sys does not have a parallel port so I am trying to get it 
working with a USB to Centronics adapter.  The adapter is seen by the 
system and loads up the hplip module correctly.

  I installed the printconf package and, while there are not bugs 
reported on the package. I get errors from it.

  A google search was only able to come up with the same error (shown 
below) but no fix was found.  Any suggestions would be appreciated as I 
am at a dead end now.

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[VT/dev/pts/4 wtopa@dj-SQUEEZE]
~$ sudo printconf  -v -p letter
[sudo] password for wtopa:
Getting printer information...
Autoconfiguring printers...
Skipping file:/dev/ttyS0; no autodetection data available.
Skipping file:/dev/ttyS1; no autodetection data available.
Skipping file:/dev/ttyS2; no autodetection data available.
Skipping file:/dev/ttyS3; no autodetection data available.
Printer database data:
{'autodetect': {u'parallel': {u'commandset': u'HP ENHANCED PCL5,PJL',
                              u'description': u'Hewlett-Packard 
LaserJet 6P Printer',
                              u'manufacturer': u'Hewlett-Packard',
                              u'model': u'HP LaserJet 6P'}},
 'driver': u'hplip', 


 u'drivers': [u'ljet4', 


              u'gutenprint-ijs.5.2', 


              u'lj4dith', 


              u'gutenprint-ijs-simplified.5.2'], 


 u'functionality': u'A', 


 u'id': u'HP-LaserJet_6P', 


 u'make': u'HP', 


 u'model': u'LaserJet 6P'} 


Configuring HP LaserJet 6P on usb:/dev/usb/lp1 with hplip driver as 
queue "laserjet_6p_3". 

Driver file /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/hplip.xml corrupted, 
missing, or not readable! 

Could not run "foomatic-combo-xml"/"foomatic-perl-data"! at 
/usr/share/perl5/Foomatic/DB.pm line 1078. 




 * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd 

       [ OK ]
If printconf was unable to install all of your printers, please visit 
http://www.linuxprinting.org/ for printer information and support from 
fellow users.
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printconf               0.7.9.4
foomatic-db             0100630-1
foomatic-db-engine      4.0.4-3
foomatic-db-gutenprint  5.2.6-1
cups-driver-gutenprint  5.2.6-1
ijsgutenprint           5.2.6-1
libgutenprint2          5.2.6-1

  As you can see there is a missing hplip.xml in the foomatic.db 
package.  Googleing other distros shows that the hplip.xmi is in their 
packages but not in the Debian package.  No Debian bug reports were 
found.

TIA

Wayne