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Re: cups installation: Unable to read configuration file '/etc/cups/cupsd.conf' - exiting



On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 07:04:46PM +0100, iks_kzm wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Is the version of HP_Laserjet_1200.ppd the same as other ppd's that
> > come with the cupsys package? 
> I did NOT have any  ppd files in the cupsys for HP Laserjet 1200 series
> and I was advised to use the one from the CD.
> I tried to use some ppd file for HP Laserjet 4 or something
> like that but the result was similar.
> 
Do you get same results with running:

lp /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps 

While not same printer and setup you have, here is solution of someone
who had similar problems to yours. He was having problems where printing
ps files with graphics worked from kde but not from terminal/console.

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200302/msg02112.html

> > 
> > I'm running the testing version of CUPS. I'm not sure what all the changes
> > are between woody and testing. On my computer ownership and permission
> > of files in /etc/cups are:
> > 
> > # ls -l /etc/cups
> > total 160
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           21 Oct 16 21:46 certs -> /var/spool/cups/certs
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         2183 Feb  9  2002 client.conf
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1215 Jun  6  2002 command.types
> > -rw-------    1 lp       sys         19728 Aug 20  2002 cupsd.conf
> > drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Mar  9  2002 interfaces
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         2798 Aug 20  2002 mime.convs
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         5659 Aug 20  2002 mime.types
> > drwxr-xr-x    2 lp       sys          4096 Aug  3  2002 ppd
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root        94464 Oct 16 21:46 ppds.dat
> > -rw-------    1 lp       sys           279 Oct  5 19:51 printers.conf
> > -rw-------    1 lp       sys           279 Aug  8  2002 printers.conf.O
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          947 Aug  7  2002 pstoraster.convs
> > 
> my 'ls
> # ls -l /etc/cups
> 
> drwx--x--x    2 lp       sys          4096 mar 16 18:47 certs
> -rw-------    1 lp       sys         18394 mar 10  2002 cupsd.conf
> drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 mar 13 20:27 interfaces
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         2749 mar 10  2002 mime.convs
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         5634 mar 10  2002 mime.types
> drwxr-xr-x    2 lp       sys          4096 mar 13 20:30 ppd
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       693392 mar 15 16:38 ppds.dat
> -rw-------    1 lp       sys           285 mar 13 20:45 printers.conf
> -rw-r--r--    1 lp       sys           285 mar 13 20:43 printers.conf.O
> 
> I do not have client.conf file.
> 
> (I use the cupsys for woody).
> 
> 
> Jan
> > Try running debsums against the cupsys packages to check the integrity
> > of the installation. 
> > 
> > Edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, change "LogLevel info" to "LogLevel
> > debug" and then restart cups. This should generate more message in the
> > error log and may give you better idea of what the problem is.
> > 
> > > > Do you have libcupsys2 and gs-esp installed?
> > > 
> > > I installed libcupsys2 but I cannot figure out whether I have gs-esp.
> > > What gs-esp is? Using search in dselect I cannot find it.
> > 
> > Wrong guess on my part. gs-esp is version of ghostscript from Easy
> > Software Products (ESP). It is available in debian testing and
> > unstable; you should not need it with woody.
> > 
> 

-- 
Jerome

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