From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 17:46:29 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 B171510656C2 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:46:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D0248FC14 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:46:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0EHjhV0026970; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:45:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B7DD8BA9A; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:45:43 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:45:43 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20090114174543.GA97086@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20090112162216.GA6391@aurora.oekb.co.at> <496BE775.6010805@comcast.net> <20090114144410.6ddf9401.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090114144410.6ddf9401.freebsd@edvax.de> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Ewald Jenisch , Jason Lenthe , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing - standard? CUPS? ...?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:46:30 -0000 --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 02:44:10PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:59:33 -0500, Jason Lenthe wro= te: > > The problem [with CUPS] was that certain other software (gtk+ and gnome= as I recall) > > expected /usr/bin/lpr to be the CUPS lpr (the CUPS port normally > > installs lpr to /usr/local/bin). It was also necessary for some > > applications to have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin in your path for > > certain applications to work. My memory is vague regarding the details, > > though. When installing cups, I always tell it to overwrite the base tools. I've got the following in /etc/make.conf: =2Eif ${.CURDIR:M*/print/cups*} CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=3Dtrue =2Eendif Accompanied by the following setting in /etc/src.conf: WITHOUT_LPR=3Dtrue This will prevent two different versions of the lp* tools being installed. =20 > One downside I noticed since I was forced to upgrade my home system > was that some programs seem to expect (!) the presence of CUPS on > a system in order to print, which they didn't do in earlier versions. > Yes, I'm talking to you, Gimp! :-) When trying to print something > from the Gimp (I think it's called "Gutenprint"), the message >=20 > /usr/local/bin/lpstat: Unable to connect to server >=20 > is output to the controlling terminal. It seems that it's not > enough that Gimp runs slower with every version update... :-( The upside is that gutenprint and cups changing all available printer settings. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkluJMcACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWiPQCfbO9uV2A+oQuvxlsW5nHtK2cS CWUAnj4laISpSGGY7v81JB+4kIo3XBWC =kBFY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn--