[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Printer configuration
From: |
Kyle Andrews |
Subject: |
Re: Printer configuration |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 18:12:23 -0400 |
User-agent: |
mu4e 1.4.10; emacs 26.3 |
Wiktor Żelazny writes:
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 02:13:14PM -0400, Kyle Andrews wrote:
>>
>> Wiktor Żelazny writes:
>>
>> > Does /gnu/store/.../cups/filter/rastertoqpdl exist?
>>
>> Yes, it exists in the splix package, but not in the cups package.
>> Looking at the Guix source code I saw that ~system-config-printer~ (in
>> ~guix/gnu/packages/gnome.scm~) takes input from cups on build, but not
>> from splix or other print drivers. Could that be part of the problem?
>
> I wouldn’t be surprised. On the other hand, it does not import other
> extensions, such as hplip and foomatic-filters, either.
>
> Did you run guix system reconfigure after adding the packages to
> config.scm? Did you try removing and adding the printer again
> afterwards?
>
> Does a /var/guix/profiles/system/profile/lib/cups/filter/rastertoqpdl
> symlink exist in your filesystem? I think you could try changing the
> rastertoqpdl path defined in the system-config-printer configuration (or
> CUPS configuration, assuming it’s just a CUPS GUI frontend) from
> /gnu/store/… to that path. /gnu/store/ contents are volatile. Again,
> just guessing; perhaps the path is hardcoded into the CUPS/splix build
> and uneditable.
>
> WŻ
Hi WZ,
> Did you run guix system reconfigure after adding the packages to
> config.scm? Did you try removing and adding the printer again
> afterwards?
I did reconfigure, but I didn't try removing and adding the printer
again.
> Does a /var/guix/profiles/system/profile/lib/cups/filter/rastertoqpdl
> symlink exist in your filesystem? I think you could try changing the
> rastertoqpdl path defined in the system-config-printer configuration (or
> CUPS configuration, assuming it’s just a CUPS GUI frontend) from
> /gnu/store/… to that path. /gnu/store/ contents are volatile. Again,
> just guessing; perhaps the path is hardcoded into the CUPS/splix build
> and uneditable.
It does appear to exist. Actually, I figured out how to successfully
print a document using ~libreoffice --headless -p test.odt~. So, I think
my printer problem is actually reflecting a problem with
system-config-printer.
Kyle
- Printer configuration, Kyle Andrews, 2020/06/25
- Re: Printer configuration, Kyle Andrews, 2020/06/25
- Re: Printer configuration, Wiktor Żelazny, 2020/06/26
- Re: Printer configuration, Kyle Andrews, 2020/06/26
- Re: Printer configuration, Wiktor Żelazny, 2020/06/26
- Re: Printer configuration, Kyle Andrews, 2020/06/26
- Re: Printer configuration, Wiktor Żelazny, 2020/06/26
- Re: Printer configuration,
Kyle Andrews <=
- Re: Printer configuration, Wiktor Żelazny, 2020/06/27
- Re: Printer configuration, Kyle Andrews, 2020/06/27
- Re: Printer configuration, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2020/06/26