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From: Owain on 6 Jun 2010 18:46 On 6 June, 23:33, unruh wrote: > > I don't have a var/spool/pdf-cups and I'm not allowed in var/spool/ > > cups > If you are not the sysadmin, why not discuss your problem with the > sysadmin. I am the sysadmin. Well I suppose I am. I really just want the sys to admin itself. Anyway, I can't get into var/spool/cups and it doesn't ask for the password. Owain
From: rich on 7 Jun 2010 03:55 On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:51:36 -0700, Owain wrote: > On 6 June, 17:37, rich wrote: >> >> Ubuntu 9.04 and a Konica 2430 DL on USB I can get a Ubuntu test page >> >> from the printer management screen (GPL Postscript version 3010 >> >> revision 864) and I can print from Firefox. I cannot print PDFs from >> >> either Acrobat or Evince. The print jobs show up as completed in the >> >> print jobs list. >> You probably need to give the clever peeps here a bit more info. > > If I knew what info to give I would give it! > >> but >> >> upgrading from mepis 8 to mepis 8.5 I had a couple of teething problems >> setting up a pdf virtual printer and the test pages ended up in /var/ >> spool/pdf-cups right next to /var/spool/cups which might be a place to >> look first. Worth a try. > > I don't have a var/spool/pdf-cups and I'm not allowed in var/spool/ cups > > I can print to PDF okay, just not print the PDFs to the printer. > > Owain That was supposed to be an example that I was giving. Ubuntu, well I suppose to rummage around you will need to do sudo nautilus however remember all the dire warnings about root privilages More info - try firing up cups in firefox - use the url http://localhost:631/ then use the administration tab and look at the logs. -- rich
From: chris on 7 Jun 2010 06:10 On 06/06/10 23:46, Owain wrote: > On 6 June, 23:33, unruh wrote: >>> I don't have a var/spool/pdf-cups and I'm not allowed in var/spool/ >>> cups >> If you are not the sysadmin, why not discuss your problem with the >> sysadmin. > > I am the sysadmin. Well I suppose I am. I really just want the sys to > admin itself. Anyway, I can't get into var/spool/cups and it doesn't > ask for the password. sudo cd /var/spool/cups Will sort you out. I'm guessing you're new to Linux. You need to learn about permissions as they are much more strictly enforced than in Windows and many things need to be done as 'root'. A fairly random hit with Google throws this up, which is probably a good start: http://www.freeos.com/articles/3127/ And this gives background on sudo in Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
From: Owain on 7 Jun 2010 15:05 On 7 June, 11:10, chris wrote: > sudo cd /var/spool/cups > Will sort you out. owain(a)owain-desktop:~$ sudo cd /var/spool/cups [sudo] password for owain: sudo: cd: command not found owain(a)owain-desktop:~$ > I'm guessing you're new to Linux. You need to learn about permissions as > they are much more strictly enforced than in Windows and many things > need to be done as 'root'. A fairly random hit with Google throws this > up, which is probably a good start:http://www.freeos.com/articles/3127/ > And this gives background on sudo in Ubuntu:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo I really just want my printouts to come back again! owain(a)owain-desktop:~$ sudo nautilus ** (nautilus:9951): WARNING **: Unable to add monitor: Operation not supported Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing. ERROR: meta.c (179): wmf_header_read: this isn't a wmf file (repeated) in var/spool/cups/ I have 34 TGA images. There is nothing in var/spool/ cups/tmp Owain
From: chris on 8 Jun 2010 04:21
On 07/06/10 20:05, Owain wrote: > On 7 June, 11:10, chris wrote: >> sudo cd /var/spool/cups >> Will sort you out. > > > owain(a)owain-desktop:~$ sudo cd /var/spool/cups > [sudo] password for owain: > sudo: cd: command not found > owain(a)owain-desktop:~$ Ok. I get the same. I wonder why sudo doesn't like 'cd'? To view the contents of the directory do this: sudo ls /var/spool/cups > >> I'm guessing you're new to Linux. You need to learn about permissions as >> they are much more strictly enforced than in Windows and many things >> need to be done as 'root'. A fairly random hit with Google throws this >> up, which is probably a good start:http://www.freeos.com/articles/3127/ >> And this gives background on sudo in Ubuntu:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo > > I really just want my printouts to come back again! Are the pdfs particularly big or complex? I've had this issue before at work with large pdfs and the printer seemingly processing them, but then not printing them. Reducing the size and/or resolution of the images within the pdf sorted it. |