Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 22:54:27 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca Cc: "James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cannot print from mate desktop Message-ID: <20190129225427.b55cf74e.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <54bae3e7bb8e600ffffdbd1f5ab65a45.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <89d35da1979a0e295bce2d3f272b285c.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <54bae3e7bb8e600ffffdbd1f5ab65a45.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:18:19 -0500, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: > > > On Tue, January 29, 2019 15:49, James B. Byrne wrote: > > FreeBSD-11.2p8 > > > > Following a massive pkg update this morning, followed by a > > freebsd-update install and restart, I now discover that I cannot print > > from the mate desktop. When I print from any application on the > > desktop, libreoffice, pluma, firefox, the printer dialogue shows up, > > the print job is generated, but nothing prints on the printer. Nor > > can I find any printer management applet in the toolbar. > > > > > Now I get this from libreoffice: > > Could not start printer. > Please check your printer configuration This suggests there's something wrong with CUPS. Maybe due to an update, some of its "moving parts" has moved a bit too much, and you need to restore the CUPS landscape. :-) I have been seeing this a few times in the past. The first place to look at is the CUPS log file, especially /var/log/cups/error_log for the errors. I'm certain you'll find some case of "not found" somewhere in there. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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