Bug#946198: Since upgrading to 1.25.13 no remote printer is made available anymore
On Fri 06 Dec 2019 at 15:31:59 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote:
> tags 946198 upstream
> thanks
>
>
> On Fri 06 Dec 2019 at 11:08:19 +0100, Michael Meskes wrote:
>
> > > Which printers list? An application dialog?
> >
> > Oops, sorry, I was referring to the printers tab on localhost:631. In
> > the add printer dialog on the administration tab they are still listed.
> > All application dialogs do not list the printers anymore either.
> >
> > > The outputs of 'lpstat -a' and 'lpstat -l -e', please. Activating
> > > logging
> >
> > 'lpstat -a' does not list any of the printers, 'lpstat -l -e' lists
> > them all.
>
> The first command outputs local print queues; cups-browsed should form
> these from what CUPS tells it with, essentially, the second command. It
> obviously isn't doing that.
>
> BTW, printing should still be available to you with 'lp -d...'. Also, if
> you stop cups-browsed, the dialogs of LibreOffice and Qt apps (and maybe
> GTK apps) should list printers and print queues.
>
> > > in cups-browsed.conf and taking a look at a log wouldn't be a bad
> > > idea.
> >
> > Fri Dec 6 11:00:58 2019 Removing entry B...
> > (ipps://host.local:631/printers/B...) and its CUPS queue.
> > Fri Dec 6 11:00:58 2019 Recording printer options for B... to
> > /var/cache/cups/cups-browsed-options-B...
> > Fri Dec 6 11:00:58 2019 Unable to get PPD file for B...: The printer
> > or class does not exist.
> > Fri Dec 6 11:00:58 2019 Unable to load PPD from local queue B...,
> > queue seems to be raw.
> > Fri Dec 6 11:00:58 2019 ERROR: Failed disabling printer 'B...': The
> > printer or class does not exist.
> >
> > I guess that explains why the printer is no longer active, but what
> > changed from the prior version of cups-browsed? I just verified again,
> > downgrading cups-browsed from 1.25.13-1 to 1.25.12-1 fixes the problem
> > and makes the printers appear again. And, yes, I can print on any of
> > them without an issue. Or in other words, the system does have a PPD
> > for the printer.
> >
> > Any idea?
>
> In the past I have stopped cups and cups-browsed and removed the files
> in /var/cache/cups, checked that there aren't any files in /etc/cups/ppd
> and that /etc/cups/printers.conf is empty, then restarted the cups and
> cups-browsed services.
>
> If you do not get anywhere, please report it upstream at
>
> https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/issues
>
> perhaps after reading
>
> https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/issues/124
Any news?
Regards,
Brian.
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