Re: printer paused: filter not avaiable
On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:06:48 -0400
Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> wrote:
> I upgraded to testing, but had a problem with the testing version
> of CUPS, so downgraded CUPS to its stable version.
>
> Can't print because printer is paused. It is paused because
> my printer is paused because:
>
> "File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/gstopxl" not available: No such file
> or directory"
>
> The problem is that I do have this filter in /usr/lib/cups/filter/
>
> $ ls -la | grep gstopxl
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 558 Aug 19 00:57 gstopxl
>
> I have installed:
>
> i cups -
> i A cups-browsed
> i cups-bsd
> i A cups-client
> i A cups-core-drivers
> i A cups-daemon
> i A cups-filters
> i A cups-filters-core-driver
> i A cups-ipp-utils
> i A cups-pk-helpe
> i A cups-ppdc
> i A cups-server-common
> i A libcups2t64
> i A libcupsfilters1t64
> p printer-driver-cups-pdf:i386
> i A python3-cups
> i A libcupsfilters1t64
> i A python3-cupshelpers
> i A libcupsfilters1t64
> c printer-driver-cups-pdf
> i A python3-cups
> i A python3
>
> It looks like the printer-driver-cups-pdf package is not installed,
> but I dont see how that could force the printer to pause. be the
>
I see:
root@hawk:~# apt-file search gstopxl
cups-filters: /usr/lib/cups/filter/gstopxl
root@hawk:~# ls -l $( locate gstopxl )
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 558 May 19 2023 /usr/lib/cups/filter/gstopxl
root@hawk:~#
So gstopxl is from the package cups-filters, which you have installed.
Your listing agrees with mine as to the permissions, ownership, and
length of the file but not the date. I conjectured that that is the date
of installation, or, in my case, upgrade.
Mine is from Bookworm.
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