Bug#750659: [foomatic-db-gutenprint] Upgrade from 5.2.9 to 5.2.10~pre2-2 breaks printing (Epson 525wd)
UPDATE:
> Version: 5.2.10-1
>
> Le jeudi, 5 juin 2014, 17.07:07 lct a écrit :
> > Driver used: Epson Stylus SX525 Foomatic/gutenprint-ijs.5.2 (en)
> > I do not use, and never used Epson Esc/P-R driver, because its
> > extremely primitive and Foomatic driver worked exceptionally well.
> > (…)
> >
> > It looks like "Epson-Stylus_SX525-gutenprint-ijs.5.2.ppd" is
> > referenced in the database, but has been moved away; or the system
> > can't extract or generate PPD anymore.
>
> This was fixed in the 5.2.10-1 packages; please try to install the
> 5.2.10-2 packages from unstable, they fix this problem. The package
> migrated to testing by mistake but this should be fixed in few days.
>
> Cheers,
> OdyX
>
Thanks a lot, OdyX!
Now this confirms everything. I will post this post to the debian mailing list for those affected to find my messages and solve them too.
Perhaps, it would be wise to force newer foomatic packages out of unstable, so that newer bugs (such as these) don't polute the system and save people the trouble?
Thanks! I will report back how this works out and close the issue, which I opened, in upstream.
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Older response below, fresh response is above this line:
1) I have just discovered that the issue is even more serious and might be something to do with Debian only.
UPDATE: This indeed is a debian issue, as below.
I started by looking at /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Epson-SX525WD_Series.xml
I see that this driver is compatible with workforce 635, 60, nx625.
Trying all these drivers fails with similar error.
Trying then any other epson driver fails too!
So, when adding *any* other "foomatic ijs" printer driver, this includes other models and "simplified" driver version, installation breaks with similar issue.
Note, that I have already tried removing all relevant (foomatic, foomatic-db, ijs, gutenprint) packages from the system
and made sure all the files were physically purged from system.
Then I rebooted the machine and reinstalled them. Problem persists.
My machine has a flawless SMART on disks and problem started exactly on the next day after upgrade. So, its very unlikely the issue is caused by something else...
2) The wine subsystem seems to make a copy of existing PPDs in system.
locate 525|grep -i ppd
has reported:
/home/lct/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/d2/drive_c/windows/system32/spool/drivers/w32x86/3/Netzwerk__Epson_SX525WD.ppd
Direct installation of this PPD into CUPS via graphical interface was successfull, BUT the printing is not possible. When printing, there is an error:
"The PPD version (5.2.9) is not compatible with Gutenprint 5.2.10-pre2."
Thanks!
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