Remote queues PPD file not read

[Noe]

> > The only visible difference is the cups version:
> >  - The new client uses 1.2.7  (from openSuSE 10.2)
> >  - Other clients use 1.1.23  (from SuSE 9.3, 10.0, SLES9 etc.)
> >  - The cups server is also running 1.1.23  (on SuSE 9.3)
> >
> > The client configuration is identical.
>
> I assume you run a cupsd on your client machines
> (and not a ServerName in /etc/cups/client.conf).

No, the clients are .. eh.. only clients. No cupsd running.
They all have a ServerName entry in /etc/cups/client.conf.

> It works out-of-the-box for me (openSuSE 10.2 client
> and a CUPS 1.1.x server).
>
> Does
> lpoptions -h server -p queue -l
> work for you?

No it does not.

> What looks suspicious is that your "client configuration
> is identical" because the cupsd.conf for CUPS 1.2 is
> not fully backward compatible with a cupsd.conf for CUPS 1.1
> (RunAsUser has gone). Therefore it is recommended not to use
> an outdated cupsd.conf from a CUPS 1.1 installation but
> to start from scratch with the cupsd.conf from CUPS 1.2.

cupsd.conf is only used on the server.


Do hostnames and resolved network names play a role here ?


Norbert