Bug#873606: cups: 2.2.4 stopped being able to interact with our cups server
found 873606 2.2.4-4
thanks
On Tue 29 Aug 2017 at 14:52:58 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Package: cups
> Version: 2.2.4-1
> Severity: important
>
> Hello,
>
> Since the upgrade to 2.2.4-1 (more precisely, it is the upgrade of
> libcups2 which breaks things), I'm not able to print any more:
>
> [with 2.2.3-2]
> $ lpq
> print2me is ready
> no entries
>
> [with 2.2.4-1]
> $ lpq
> lpq: Error - PRINTER environment variable names non-existent destination "print2me".
> $ lpr
> /usr/bin/lpr: Error - scheduler not responding.
> $ lp
> lp: Error - scheduler not responding.
>
> but oddly enough:
> $ lpstat -a
> print2me accepting requests since mar. 29 août 2017 14:13:48 CEST
>
>
> Anyway, I had to downgrade to 2.2.3-2 to get printing back working.
>
>
> I'm using
> $CUPS_SERVER=cups.bordeaux.inria.fr
> $CUPS_USER=thibault
> $PRINTER=print2me
>
> The server shows: CUPS 1.6.3
>
> Description: File d'attente Follow Me
> Location: Follow Me BSO
> Driver: TOSHIBA ColorMFP (color, 2-sided printing)
> Connection: lpd://193.50.111.138/secure
> Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=two-sided-long-edge
>
>
> I have attached the TCP sessions of each version. It seems like the cups
> client does not send $PRINTER to the server at all, thus "No default
> printer" beign returned.
I was just about to post in reply to M G Berberich's mail to #870463
when this one arrived. My suggestion was (and still is) that the
~/.cups/lpoptions be moved and the PRINTER (or LPDEST) environment
variable be set instead. (M G Berberich has been CC'ed).
pcl is a local print queue set to print to a file.
With 'lpstat -d' I get
lpstat: error - PRINTER environment variable names non-existent destination "pcl".
'lp /etc/nsswitch' gives
lp: Error - scheduler not responding.
Regards,
Brian.
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