[cups] Difficulty in Adding a printer

[Alan McConnell]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:07:16PM -0500, Michael Sweet wrote:
> Alan,
> 
> Check the /var/log/cups/error_log file for PAM errors.


  	 Here it is, with several duplicate lines deleted:
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W [14/Jan/2015:06:26:27 -0500] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id 'alanprinter-Gray..' already exists
W [14/Jan/2015:06:26:27 -0500] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-alanprinter' already exists
W [14/Jan/2015:11:10:21 -0500] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id 'BrGenML1-Gray..' already exists
W [14/Jan/2015:11:10:21 -0500] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-BrGenML1' already exists
W [14/Jan/2015:11:21:26 -0500] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id 'alanprinter-Gray..' already exists
W [14/Jan/2015:11:21:26 -0500] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-alanprinter' already exists
W [14/Jan/2015:11:21:26 -0500] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id 'BrGenML1-Gray..' already exists
W [14/Jan/2015:11:21:26 -0500] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-BrGenML1' already exists
E [14/Jan/2015:11:21:26 -0500] Unable to bind socket for address [v1.::1]:631 - Address already in use.
E [14/Jan/2015:11:21:26 -0500] Unable to bind socket for address 127.0.0.1:631 - Address already in use.
E [14/Jan/2015:11:21:26 -0500] Unable to bind broadcast socket - Address already in use.
E [14/Jan/2015:11:27:06 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [14/Jan/2015:11:27:06 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!

  	I deleted 8 more of these entries.

E [14/Jan/2015:11:35:10 -0500] [cups-driverd] Unable to open "/usr/share/cups/model/Brother/MFC-L2700DW%20series?serial=U63887J4N428565" - No such file or directory
E [14/Jan/2015:11:35:10 -0500] copy_model: empty PPD file
E [14/Jan/2015:11:35:10 -0500] Returning IPP server-error-internal-error for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost:631/printers/laserjet) from localhost
E [14/Jan/2015:11:36:13 -0500] [cups-driverd] Unable to open "/usr/share/cups/model/MFC-L2700DW%20series" - No such file or directory
E [14/Jan/2015:11:36:13 -0500] copy_model: empty PPD file
E [14/Jan/2015:11:36:13 -0500] Returning IPP server-error-internal-error for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost:631/printers/laserjet) from localhost
E [14/Jan/2015:11:41:19 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [14/Jan/2015:11:41:19 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!

  		I deleted several more of these entries.

E [14/Jan/2015:11:50:29 -0500] [cups-driverd] Bad PPD name "/etc/cups/ppd/BrGenML1.ppd"!
E [14/Jan/2015:11:50:29 -0500] copy_model: empty PPD file
E [14/Jan/2015:11:50:29 -0500] Returning IPP server-error-internal-error for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost:631/printers/laserjet) from localhost
E [14/Jan/2015:13:06:01 -0500] [cups-driverd] Unable to open "/usr/share/cups/model/BrGenML1.ppd" - No such file or directory
E [14/Jan/2015:13:06:01 -0500] copy_model: empty PPD file
E [14/Jan/2015:13:06:01 -0500] Returning IPP server-error-internal-error for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost:631/printers/laserjet) from localhost
E [14/Jan/2015:14:28:22 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [14/Jan/2015:14:28:22 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!

  	  And, again, several more . . . !

E [14/Jan/2015:14:28:50 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [14/Jan/2015:14:39:21 -0500] [cups-driverd] Unable to open "/usr/share/cups/model/BrGenML1.ppd" - No such file or directory
E [14/Jan/2015:14:39:21 -0500] copy_model: empty PPD file
E [14/Jan/2015:14:39:21 -0500] Returning IPP server-error-internal-error for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost:631/printers/laserjet) from localhost

                                 ------------------------(finish)

I cannot see, from the above, whether these errors occurred because
of my efforts to click appropriately on  http:/local:631, or whether
they came from the command line  lsadmin   call.

In any event the above do not tell me how to proceed further.

       	     I keep the description of my difficulties:
> > My difficulty is one which it seems others have had:  I wish to
> > add my new Brother printer: but when I try to do it from the GUI
> > (http://localhost:631, I get the message, in a little pop-up box:
> > "A username and password are being requested by http://localhost:631.
> > The site says: "CUPS"".   I have entered my ordinary user name 'alan'
> > with password, but the box returns; I have entered 'root' and the
> > root passwd, but the box returns.
> > 
> > My system info:
> > Linux Debian 'Wheezy'
> > CUPS 1.5.3
> > 
> > I have also tried, from the command line(as root)
> >   lpadmin -p laserjet -E -v usb:/dev/lp1 -m BrGenML1.ppd 
> > and get the error message:
> >  lpadmin: Unable to copy PPD file.
> > However, I have downloaded, from the Brother site, a .deb file
> > which, when dpkg-ed put a file   BrGenML1.ppd  into the directory
> > /etc/cups/ppd/.

Alan

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