Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 19:05:38 -0400 From: Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> To: cups@easysw.com Cc: FreeBSD Ports List <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [CUPS] win to cups Message-ID: <20020908230538.GA6971@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020908181402.00ac8ce8@pop.videotron.ca> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020908101207.00a91f58@mail.host45.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20020908113705.00a41d68@pop.videotron.ca> <alg24j$17s$1@dns.easysw.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20020908163640.00a91f58@pop.videotron.ca> <5.1.0.14.2.20020908181402.00ac8ce8@pop.videotron.ca>
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On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 06:41:23PM -0400, "P. Jourdan" wrote: >At 05:43 PM 9/8/2002 -0400, you wrote: >>I take care of the cups software for FreeBSD. I took over the cups >>software in part because I use it and also because I have a good working >>relationship with Mike at ESP. > >Wow, I'm glad to have found you... Jeff suggested I get in touch with the >person that takes care of the cups ports... :))) Awww, shucks.... > >>OK, you have that much OK. cups-pstoraster installs >>/usr/local/bin/epsgs, which is EPS Ghostscript for use with cups only. > >Well, now that I know that, is is possible that the installation of >ghostscript-gnu could be causing the problem, or is that what is installed No. Cups does not use any gs except espgs. >Can you check on that and let me know just what an how cups should be >installed, that is, should the ghostscript-gnu be installed. Maybe I'll >deinstall that and see what happens. > >>>pay attention. I even managed to get samba running by myself. But cups was >>>a complete impossibility. Without the patch by Jeff I never would have >>been >> >>Is samba built for cups? I'm not sure of the default. You may need to >>build it from source code using "portupgrade" (or even just "make"). >>I'll check into that for you. > >As of the latest versions, samba is built for cups. I didn't know how I patched that. It's been a while. If you search for geeksrus.net in the ports Makefiles, you'll see I maintain a lot of them, and patch a few more on a regular basis. > >>>I just attempted to print a test. I checked the error_log file: >> >>I'm not sure what could cause this. Clearly you have a configuration >>file amiss somewhere, but I'll be damned if I know what or where off the >>top of my head. Generally, Cups just works. >> >>Did you check the documentation (software users and administrator's >>manuals) for any help interpreting the error message? > >I've looked high & low... There doesn't seem to be enough information >generated by the error_log file setting of debug. :(( >Phil Set debug2. -- Alan Eldridge Unix/C(++) IT Pro, 20 yrs, seeking new employment. (http://wwweasel.geeksrus.net/~alane/resume.txt) KDE, KDE-FreeBSD Teams (http://www.kde.org, http://freebsd.kde.org/) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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