Bug#644205: "Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel does not exist!" - but it does...
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:49:26PM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> >
> > I can run "parallel" as root as follows:
> >
> > # /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
> > direct parallel:/dev/lp0 "unknown" "LPT #1" "" ""
>
> Ouch!
>
>
> Hello ael,
>
> I see you sorted the last bit. How about the rest of the issue?
>
> The parallel backend has become part of the cups-filters package, so it
> would be nice to know whether the trouble you had has gone on Wheezy at
> least.
Hello. That was a long time ago. I probably ought to have closed or done
something with that bug.
I did trace the "unknown" message to missing cases in a switch
statement, and submitted a patch. Unstream applied a modified patch.
Later versions of cups did not report that error, but I am not sure why
or even when it went away. Sorry, busy here and no time to investigate
:-(
I am currently running testing which has cups-common version 1.6.3-1.
However, the last time I tried to print, a new problem has come up. That
is corruption after the first page. I have submitted a bug report for
that.
So AFAIK, the general bug has gone away, but a new specific bug,
presumbly a problem with the ppp config has appeared for my particular
HL1200 Brother laser. Must find time to check and look into it further.
Sorry not to provide a better answer...
ael
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