Install CUPS-1.4.6 in Redhat 4.0?

[Helge Blischke]

dickson wrote:

> 1. If I have dbus-devel installed, I don't need to use "--without dbus".
> Before that, I just install it with "make" and "make install". Does it
> have any bad effect? Or should I rpmbuild it again without using
> "--without dbus"?
> 
> 2. After my first installation, I can call CUPS management webpage.
> However, there is just a few drivers and no any locale-filter as CUPS
> 1.1.2. How can I set a locale-filter for this printer? Or does CUPS 1.4.6
> can determine which locale-filter to use automatically? ( I mean to print
> Chinese characters in UTF8 format/encoding)
> 
> 3. I try to print a PDF file and get error with the following message:
> 
> *******************************************************************
> Starting renderer
> JCL: <job data>
> 
> renderer PID kid4=12606
> renderer command: gs -q -dPARANOIDSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=-
> -sDEVICE=omni -sDeviceName=Epson_LQ_1050___360_dpi_ -sproperties="
> Form=iso_a3_297.00x420.00mm InputTray=Tray-2 media=MEDIA_PLAIN
> Resolution=360x180 printmode=PRINT_MODE_1_ANY dither=dither=DITHER_LEVEL
> Rotation=Portrait" -
> foomatic-gswrapper: /usr/local/bin/gs  '-dPARANOIDSAFER' '-dBATCH'
> '-dNOPAUSE' '-sOutputFile=/dev/fd/3' '-sDEVICE=omni'
> '-sDeviceName=Epson_LQ_1050___360_dpi_' '-sproperties=
> Form=iso_a3_297.00x420.00mm InputTray=Tray-2 media=MEDIA_PLAIN
> Resolution=360x180 printmode=PRINT_MODE_1_ANY dither=dither=DITHER_LEVEL
> Rotation=Portrait' '/dev/fd/0' 3>&1 1>&2
> GPL Ghostscript  9.00 (2010-09-14)
> Copyright (C) 2010 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
> Unknown device: omni
> Unrecoverable error: undefined in .uninstallpagedevice
> Operand stack:
>     defaultdevice
> tee: standard output: Broken pipe
> 
> Closing renderer
> tee: write error
> renderer return value: 1
> renderer received signal: 1
> tail process done writing data to STDOUT
> KID4 finished
> Process dying with "Possible error on renderer command line or PostScript
> error. Check options.", exit stat: 3 Possible error on renderer command
> line or PostScript error. Check options.
> 
> 
****************************************************************************
> 
> I also install the new version of Ghostscript 9.0 manually (not rpm). How
> can I fix it? Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Please file a bug about this at:
>>
>>     http://www.cups.org/str.php
>>
>> Basically we are always installing to /etc/dbus-1 if the directory =
>> exists rather than honoring the configure option.
>>
>> (However, since you *do* have the directory it should not be necessary =
>> to use --without dbus, just make sure you have dbus-devel installed)
>>
>> On Jan 24, 2011, at 7:30 PM, dickson wrote:
>>
>> > I use the following command to rebuild the package in Redhat ES4.0.
>> > rpmbuild -ta cups-1.4.6-source.tar.gz --without dbus --without php
>> >=20
>> > After running, the final result is as follows:
>> > *******************************************************************
>> > Processing files: cups-debuginfo-1.4.6-1
>> > Provides: libcups.so.2.debug libcupscgi.so.1.debug =
>> libcupsdriver.so.1.debug libcupsimage.so.2.debug libcupsmime.so.1.debug =
>> libcupsppdc.so.1.debug
>> > Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <=3D 3.0.4-1 =
>> rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <=3D 4.0-1
>> > Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files =
>> /tmp/cups-root
>> > error: Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
>> >   /etc/dbus-1/system.d/cups.conf
>> >=20
>> >=20
>> > RPM build errors:
>> >    Installed (but unpackaged) file(s) found:
>> >   /etc/dbus-1/system.d/cups.conf
>> > *******************************************************************
>> >=20
>> > 1. Do I finish the installation of the new version cups-1.4.6? Or I =
>> still need to run "xxxx" to install it?
>> >=20
>> > 2. If I have done the installation, there is nothing when I use =
>> "cupsctl" command.
>> >=20
>> > 3. I read through the documentation of this website. I still cannot =
>> find the way to install this new version. Where can I find the document =
>> about the complete steps to install it?
>> >=20
>> > Thanks a lot for any help.
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > cups mailing list
>> > cups at easysw.com
>> > http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/cups
>>
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
>>
>>
>>
>>

The omni driver seems not to be included by default when compiling 
Ghostscript from the sources; you need to manually tweak the Makefile (this 
is my experience with gs 9.00).

Helge