v.1.1.22 disables queue, enable not working (Suse-rpm)

[Helge Blischke]

ekkard gerlach wrote:
> 
> I updated CUPS 1.1.8 / Suse 8.2  to 1.1.22  with
> ftp.suse.com/pub/people/kssingvo/unsupported/CUPS/8.2/RPMS/.
> My customer claims now that raw printer queues are not working. Indeed
> the queues are disabled suddenly:
> 
> switch_zimmer1:
>          printer is on device 'lpd' speed -1
>          queuing is enabled
>          printing is disabled
>          no entries
>          daemon present
> switch_zimmer2:
>          printer is on device 'lpd' speed -1
>          queuing is enabled
>          printing is disabled
>          no entries
>          daemon present
> 
> lpstat -p switch_zimmer2 -E    seems to work but nothing is enabled.
> //usr/bin/enable switch_zimmer2   doesn't work either. I tried to enable
> with  html-frontend port 631. The tools told "is enabled"  - but nothing
>   was enabled. I downgraded to 1.1.8. Now lpstat -p switch_zimmer2 -E
> works again. My customer can continue working ...
> 
> Why does 1.1.22 disable queue itself? Why is enable not working?
> 
> tia
> Ekkard

Get the sources 1.1.19 from the CUPS web site, compile them, and be
happy. We use that
version since mit 2003 and didn't encounter any serious problems.

By the way, the version shipped with SuSE 8.2 is 1.1.18, not 1.1.8 .

Helge

-- 
Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
http://www.srz.de
tel: +49 30 75301-360