Re: cups broken
On Thu 14 Jul 2022 at 11:56:10 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> On 7/14/22 05:19, Brian wrote:
> > On Wed 13 Jul 2022 at 21:31:24 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> >
> > > On 7/13/22 19:27, Brian wrote:
> > > > On Wed 13 Jul 2022 at 16:10:56 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On 7/13/22 15:14, Brian wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed 13 Jul 2022 at 13:21:07 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [Broken lines mended to give a readable original post.]
> > > > > >
> > > > > Blame that in tbird.
> > > > Yet another part of the compting experience tou are unable to
> > > > control?
> > > > > > > I give up, the driverless printer cups installs automaticaly cannot be
> > > > > > > deleted and has taken over from the brother drivers that work,
> > > > > > > preventing me from using the printer at all.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > So how do I disable the driverless junk? Is that a separate package
> > > > > > > that is removable? cups doesn't even offer to disable this
> > > > > > > non-working garbage. Thanks for any good clues.
> > > > > > Driverless printing is only possible when avahi-daemon is on the
> > > > > > system. Your solution is obvious.
> > > > > >
> > > > > avahi-daemon 0.8-5 is installed.
> > > > Is this the avahi-daemon that, in the past, you have characterised as
> > > > unfit to be used on a local network and that didn't deserve any of
> > > > your disk space.
> > > True, but that is all, none of its kin is. And I did find out how to defeat
> > > it. But
> > > when I went to look, that file has vanished and its still working.
> > >
> > > So what happened that got /etc/dhcpcd.conf removed?
> > > It had a fallback stanza near the bottom that I had edited in
> > > the default eth0 config. That finally got rid of the totally bogus
> > > 169.xx.yy.zz
> > > routing address. Now the file is gone, and its still working.
> > Good.
> >
> > > > > See the ppd driverless attached to my
> > > > > previous msg it just now made.
> > > > > It looks busted to me.
> > > > Broken files are best not used. Remove and follow my previos advice.
> > > >
> > > I have. and cups brings it back automatically on the restart that does.
> > > Probably
> > > 20 times I've deleted it. Its back before I can look to see if its gone.
> > That is cups-browsed doing auto-setup. As far as you are concerned
> > that is its sole job. It doesn't do anything else for you or the
> > printing system. Therefore:
> >
> > apt purge cups-browsed
> Will that then allow brothers drivers to work normally?
The Brother drivers should work normally with or without purging
cups-browsed.
> This printer is normally shared to the rest of my network. So
> I can fire up geany on any of the other 5 machines here,
> make an adjustment to one of the LinuxCNC configuration files,
> and print it right from that machine which might be a minutes
> walk away in another building.
>
> Done, all versions of this printer are deleted and stay gone.
As predicted!
> Ok, it works, sort of. I did have it setup as two printers before
> this last cups update a week or so back, one for color photos,
> from thick glossy paper from tray 1 (top tray).
> And another copy setup to do fast utility duplexed printing
> from tray 2, the bottom tray, which can hold 300 sheets of 22 lb.
Any CUPS update on bullseye would be for a secuity issue only. There
shouldn't be any change in its basic operation.
> But now the "add printer" just re-configures the existing one. "Add"
> does not make a new profile. I need both profiles to show up in both
> firefox's, print dialog, and in the system dialog if you scroll all the
> way down in the FF dialog and select that instead.
>
> How can is this done with this new cups?
Just specify a new destination name: XXX instead of AAA. Keep the same
URI (the connection).
--
Brian.
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