[cups.general] cant print

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Michael W. Holdeman <lists at ptfd.org> wrote (Sunday 25 June 2006 03:34):

>> > D [23/Jun/2006:15:24:01 -0400] [Job 14] /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp: No
>> > such file or directory E [23/Jun/2006:15:24:01 -0400] PID 18950
>> > (/usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp) stopped with status 22!
>>
>> Here is your main problem for now!! (Note, that the "E" at the
>> beginning of such a line means "Error")
>>
>> What is the output of
>>
>>   "ls -l /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp"
>>   "ls -l /usr/lib/cups/backend/*"
>>
>> ? Does the "ipp" backend exist? Is it executable?
> no teh ipp backend does not exist. Where can I get it? I have re-emerged cups,

Can't remember what you said about your distro, but mentioning 
"emerge" sounds like it is "Gent-uuhhh"  :-P

Some distros (f.e. Ubuntu) put all existing backends into a
subdir "/usr/lib/cups/backend-available/" and then create
some symlinks

   /usr/lib/cups/backend/$my_BE --> ../backend-available/$my_BE

This way they artificially disable some of the available backends.
Maybe you only need to add a missing symlink for the ipp BE?

Also, in case your system is 64bit, look if you shouldn't be
using s.th. like "/usr/lib64/cups/...."

Cheers,
Kurt