Re: `Filter failed' no print error message

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:

> On Mon 27 Mar 2017 at 16:04:31 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>
>> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:
>> 
>> > Please would you repeat the command
>> >
>> >  cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/Samsung_ML-191x_252x_Series.ppd -m printer/foo
>> > /etc/nsswitch -e > out.prn 2> log
>> >
>> > and post again.
>> 
>> Now they are both:
>> 
>> cupsfilter: File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertosamsungspl" permissions OK
>> (040755/uid=0/gid=0).
>> cupsfilter: File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/commandtops" permissions OK
>> (040755/uid=0/gid=0).
>> cupsfilter: Unable to determine MIME type of "/etc/nsswitch".
>
> The output should be at least a screenful of text. Do you still get your
> previous output with
>
>  cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/Samsung_ML-191x_252x_Series.ppd -m printer/foo
> /etc/nsswitch -e > out.prn ?
>
> That is, don't direct the error output to a file but to the screen.

Yes, same as previous...


> How about
>
>  cupsfilter /etc/nsswitch > out.prn ?
>
> That should give more than one line of output.
>
> (Unable to determine MIME type of "/etc/nsswitch" is perturbing).

In this case, the output is:

 cupsfilter: Unable to determine MIME type of "/etc/nsswitch".

on both machines...

Thanks,

Rodolfo