[cups.general] Troubleshooting CUPS

[Trey Sizemore]

On Fri Jan 20, 2006 08:31AM, Idan Miller wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am running a gentoo system and have the following problem:
> I have installed a printer, set it up, and tried to test print it.
> I get no errors in the error_log but the printer does nothing.
> 
> How can I proceed from here to locate the problem?
> I have followed the GENTOO howto for CUPS and I'm pretty sure I have all the kernel drivers that are needed.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Attached is the error_log info:
> 
> I [20/Jan/2006:15:13:14 +0200] Adding start banner page "none" to job 9.
> I [20/Jan/2006:15:13:14 +0200] Adding end banner page "none" to job 9.
> I [20/Jan/2006:15:13:14 +0200] Job 9 queued on 'DeskJet3650' by 'root'.
> I [20/Jan/2006:15:13:14 +0200] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 10101) for job 9.
> I [20/Jan/2006:15:13:14 +0200] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster (PID 10102) for job 9.
> I [20/Jan/2006:15:13:14 +0200] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertohp (PID 10104) for job 9.
> I [20/Jan/2006:15:13:14 +0200] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb (PID 10105) for job 9.
> 
> Thanks,
> Idan.
> 

Change the debug level from 'info' to 'debug2' in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf,
restart the cups server, try to print again, and look at the output of
the error_log file.  You should see much better info.  Also check the
access_log.

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Cheers,
Trey
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