many printers broke in knoppix 3.4+?

**Nic MFP** · 10-12-2004, 07:56 PM

It seems to be installed:

Code:

ii  ijsgimpprint   4.2.7-2        Inkjet Server - Ghostscript driver for Gimp-
ii  libgimpprint1  4.2.7-2        The Gimp-Print printer driver library

Unless something other is missing, or badly installed...

**Markus** · 10-12-2004, 08:17 PM

What about the cupsys-driver files for gimpprint?
This is what I get grepping for print on kanotix:

Code:

markus@fujibox:~$ COLUMNS=140 dpkg -l|grep print
ii  cupsomatic-ppd                20040506-1                    linuxprinting.org printer support - transition package
ii  cupsys-driver-gimpprint       4.2.7-2                       Gimp-Print printer drivers for CUPS
ii  cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data  4.2.7-2                       Gimp-Print printer drivers for CUPS
ii  docbook-dsssl                 1.78-4                        modular DocBook DSSSL stylesheets, for print and HTML
ii  foomatic-bin                  3.0.1-20040506-1              linuxprinting.org printer support - transition package
ii  foomatic-db                   20040705-1                    linuxprinting.org printer support - database
ii  foomatic-db-engine            3.0.1-20040506-1              linuxprinting.org printer support - programs
ii  foomatic-db-gimp-print        4.2.7-2                       linuxprinting.org printer support - database for Gimp-Print printer driver
ii  foomatic-db-hpijs             1.5-20040621-1                linuxprinting.org printer support - database for HPIJS printers
ii  foomatic-filters              3.0.1-20040621-4              linuxprinting.org printer support - filters
ii  foomatic-filters-ppds         20040506-1                    linuxprinting.org printer support - prebuilt PPD files
ii  ijsgimpprint                  4.2.7-2                       Inkjet Server - Ghostscript driver for Gimp-Print
ii  kdeprint                      3.3.0-1                       KDE Print
ii  libgimpprint1                 4.2.7-2                       The Gimp-Print printer driver library
ii  libgnomeprint-bin             0.37-5                        The GNOME Print architecture - binary files
ii  libgnomeprint-data            0.37-5                        The GNOME Print architecture - data files
ii  libgnomeprint15               0.37-5                        The GNOME Print architecture - runtime library
ii  libxp-dev                     4.3.0.dfsg.1-7                X Window System printing extension library development files
ii  libxp6                        4.3.0.dfsg.1-7                X Window System printing extension library
ii  xprt                          4.3.0.dfsg.1-7                X print server (XFree86 version)
ii  xprt-common                   0.0.9.final.001-5             Xprint - the X11 print system (configuration files)
ii  xprt-xprintorg                0.0.9.final.001-5             Xprint - the X11 print system from xprint.org (binary)

**Nic MFP** · 10-12-2004, 09:58 PM

Mumble... it seems more than something is missing!

Here it is what I got:

Code:

root@Torquato:/home/gianfri# dpkg -l|grep print
ii  foomatic-bin   3.0.1-20040506 linuxprinting.org printer support - transiti
ii  foomatic-db    20040705-1     linuxprinting.org printer support - database
ii  foomatic-db-en 3.0.1-20040506 linuxprinting.org printer support - programs
ii  foomatic-db-gi 4.2.7-2        linuxprinting.org printer support - database
ii  foomatic-db-hp 1.5-20040621-1 linuxprinting.org printer support - database
ii  foomatic-filte 3.0.1-20040621 linuxprinting.org printer support - filters
ii  ijsgimpprint   4.2.7-2        Inkjet Server - Ghostscript driver for Gimp-
ii  kdeprint       3.2.3-1        KDE Print
ii  libgimpprint1  4.2.7-2        The Gimp-Print printer driver library
ii  libwine-print  0.0.20040615-1 Windows Emulator (Printing Module)
ii  libxp-dev      4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System printing extension library d
ii  libxp6         4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System printing extension library
ii  mpage          2.5.3-1        print multiple pages per sheet on PostScript
ii  pdf-printercon 0.1-1          sets up and pdf printer service
ii  print-utils-pf 0.1-1          provides various print utils
ii  samba          3.0.5-1        a LanManager-like file and printer server fo
ii  smbconf-pfeifl 0.5-4          Kurt's smb.conf for native printing support
ii  wprint         2.04-1         Print any charset from web browsers and Html

**Markus** · 10-12-2004, 10:03 PM

I haven't done any cleaning up on printer drivers, so you probably don't need them all, but try getting cupsys-driver-gimpprint and cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data

**Nic MFP** · 10-14-2004, 09:15 PM

I really don't know what to think.

I tried your advise, but it seems there is nothing to do: it still does not prints.
I tried even connecting the printer via the parallel port (just another try...) but - obviously - it wasn't useful. Of course, the printer is fully functional, as I dual boot with windows, and in windows I can print.

I tried to inspect the printing queue; there are only the test print jobs, spooled and terminated, not pending. Well, looking at the IPP log I can see, on the last row:

"job-state-reason: aborted-by-system"

but why??

**Markus** · 10-15-2004, 10:36 PM

Sorry, but can't think of much to try anymore as I don't actually run knoppix.
According to http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...ylus_Color_670 it should work just fine.
You could still try apt-getting foomatic-db-hpijs and foomatic-filters-ppds and checking if the foomatic driver would work as mentioned in the link.

**Nic MFP** · 10-17-2004, 05:42 PM

Well, thank you very much, indeed. I learned a lot from your advises, and I'll try to search in the site you reported. By the way, i'll never give up trying... there MUST be a way to get my printer working.

Again, thank you.

**Nadrach** · 10-18-2004, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Nic MFP

By the way, i'll never give up trying... there MUST be a way to get my printer working.

Printers are badly broken in 3.4 & 3.6. Like you I did an HD install from Knoppix 3.6. Then reverted to 3.3 when I could not get the printer to work. I downloaded the "fix-cups.sh" script referred to earlier in this thread and tried again. The script is a simple remove and re-install cupsys, but with the emphasis on gimpprint driver on the reinstall. It removed the broken cupsys OK, but failed on the re-install because I needed to run "apt-get update" first (took about 45 mins on a dial-up). I then ran the re-install scriptline manually (by the way, this is all as "root") in a terminal window (about 12 mins on a dial-up). As it progressed, it recommended some other packages, and I went back afterwards and installed the "gimpprint-docs" and "gimpprint-locales" as well. My Epson C70 has now installed perfectly using the gimpprint driver (it has a suffix which I think is 4.2.7 [I'm not on that machine at the moment]).

Basically you have to remove the cupsys that loads from 3.6 and replace it with the latest package from Debian, not just upgrade it.

As an aside, I'm a fan of the KDE twin-panel file manager Krusader, that does not come with Knoppix. Having seen the ease with which "apt-get" installed this, after reloading cupsys, I am now a convert to Debian (from SuSE) and am busily converting others to Knoppix. The niggles like broken printers are a pain, but the ease of install and the wealth of open-source software that comes with it has prompted some incredulous "it can't be that easy" responses. Roll on Knoppix64!

**Nic MFP** · 10-18-2004, 10:22 PM

YES!! IT WORKS!!

You're great! Finally I did it and now I am looking at my first printed page in linux... by a strange combination now my stereo is playing the 5th movimento of Beethoven's IX symphony.

There is only a thing I didn't understand. I configured the printer via the GUI but it didn'work. Then, I tried reconfiguring it via the HTML interface (now it works, too!), and

the printer started doing its job.

Thank you and all others who tried to help me.