From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 20 18:48:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C02DE10656D3 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:48:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=354945319=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-relay-002.utdallas.edu (ip-relay-002.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 873258FC08 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:48:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=354945319=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) X-Group: RELAYLIST X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.40,218,1238994000"; d="scan'208";a="9699304" Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu ([129.110.20.110]) by ip-relay-002.utdallas.edu with ESMTP; 20 Apr 2009 13:47:52 -0500 Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ABE0B8DF0; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:47:52 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:47:52 +0000 From: Paul Schmehl To: weif@weif.net, glyn@millingtons.org Message-ID: <9B2BDFC5F4D9083916FFE187@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20090420173603.8CF7EA3DC7@maxine.cjones.org> References: <20090420145839.5D396A3DC7@maxine.cjones.org> <86fxg3gwny.fsf@nowhere.org> <20090420173603.8CF7EA3DC7@maxine.cjones.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) X-Munged-Reply-To: Figure it out MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can you ACTUALLY print from FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:48:10 -0000 --On Monday, April 20, 2009 12:36:03 -0500 Keith Seyffarth wrote: >> >> A laudable ambition! > > OK, honestly, am I working under a valid assumption that it *is* > possible to print from FreeBSD? Or is this just going to engender > greater frustration? > I can print from my FreeBSD box using CUPS. Whether you can from yours I can't say. >> > cups-base-1.3.9_3 Common UNIX Printing System >> > cups-pdf-2.5.0 A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files >> > cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2 Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to >> > non-PS printers gutenprint-cups-5.1.7_3 GutenPrint Printer Driver >> > libgnomecups-0.2.3_1,1 Support library for gnome cups admistration >> > hplip-2.8.2_4 Drivers and utilities for HP Printers and All-in-One >> > device >> This is what I have: pauls@utd65257# pkg_info -a | grep cups | sort -u Information for cups-base-1.3.9_3: Information for cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2: WWW: http://www.cups.org/ WWW: http://www.cups.org/ghostscript.html cups-base-1.3.9_3 cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2 that use these filters. This software is available in the cups-pstoraster > > OK. I created and edited this file. At least now on attaching the > printer, the permissions are other than root:operator. > I never had to do this to get printing working, and my devfs.conf file is a sample file with no lines uncommented. Printing works fine. (Note that I am not printing to a local printer.) > > That doesn't change the behavior. It still fails to print, and seems > to error on a missing dll. > This makes no sense at all. DLLs are a Windows version of a library. FreeBSD doesn't use them. Are you by any chance trying to print through Wine? >> > And, actually, a third printing-related issue: How do I get cupsd to >> > start on startup? I have these two lines in /etc/rc.conf:\ >> > >> > cupsd_enable="YES" # enable cups printing management >> >> That should be enough to get it running. > > it doesn't. :( > Do you have the startup script: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd ? If so, what is the output of /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd status? You should have the following files and folders: /usr/local/etc/cups/ classes.conf interfaces/ mime.types.N pstoraster.convs cupsd.conf mime.convs ppd/ snmp.conf cupsd.conf.N mime.convs.N printers.conf snmp.conf.N cupsd.conf.default mime.types printers.conf.O ssl/ What's the output of this command? # grep -v "#" /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf What's the output of this command? # cat /usr/local/etc/cups/printer.conf Have you read the CUPS documentation? http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/overview.html -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* Check the headers before clicking on Reply.