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Posted: Thu 24 Sep 2009, 22:29
by plankenstein
okay, I've made the symlinks, but when I do ldconfig I get command not found?
BTW, where do I go to turn on debugging in my cups so I can see more of what is going on my self?
Posted: Thu 24 Sep 2009, 23:21
by Patriot
Hmmm .....
plankenstein wrote:okay, I've made the symlinks, but when I do ldconfig I get command not found?
BTW, where do I go to turn on debugging in my cups so I can see more of what is going on my self?
Ooops ... sorry, I forgot that ldconfig is in the devx sfs ... it's a small matter ...
To get debug output to the logs :
1. Stop cups (ie: /etc/init.d/cups stop)
2. Edit LogLevel to debug in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
3. You may want to clear previous logs in /var/log/cups
4. restart cups
5. try a print test
Running with debug logging can make the log file really huge in just a short time ...
I'm hoping to get my hands on one of these canon printer to do an actual test ... no one I know has a similar or close enough model ... hmmm ....
Rgds
Posted: Thu 24 Sep 2009, 23:51
by plankenstein
I think we're getting closer to getting this, but still not quite. I went ahead and cleared my cups error_log and tried a test page. I didn't get any response from the printer, but with my log level set to debug I see a recurring line that says "Unable to send print file to printer: Broken pipe".
I hope it doesn't leak all over my processor!
Anyway, I'm not sure what is being piped where, so I'm not sure where to look. Any ideas?
Thanks plankenstein
Posted: Fri 25 Sep 2009, 00:01
by Patriot
Hmmm .....
plankenstein wrote:..... I see a recurring line that says "Unable to send print file to printer: Broken pipe". .....
That's interesting .... would you mind zipping up the logs please ? and also any files that you may have in the folder /etc/udev/rules.d ? It sounds like either a missing usb device link or I borked the cnijusb backend ....
Rgds
Posted: Fri 25 Sep 2009, 00:03
by plankenstein
Stupid me! I should have attached my error_log so you could see what I'm talking about. Anyway, better late than never (or after you have to ask).
I'm too slow! You already asked.
Posted: Fri 25 Sep 2009, 00:39
by Patriot
Hmmm .....
Ok, from the error logs, these lines are of interest to us ...
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D [25/Sep/2009:06:27:57 +0000] [Job 19] pstocanonij: /usr/bin/gs -r600 -g5100x6600 -q -dNOPROMPT -dSAFER -sDEVICE=ppmraw -sOutputFile=- -| /usr/bin/cifip2600 --imageres 600 --papersize letter --media plain --paperload asf --bbox 18,14,594,784
D [25/Sep/2009:06:27:57 +0000] [Job 19] (Canon) langage moniter[/usr/local/bin/lgmonip2600 --gui --cups] start!
D [25/Sep/2009:06:27:57 +0000] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event...
D [25/Sep/2009:06:27:57 +0000] [Job 19] sh: /usr/local/bin/lgmonip2600: No such file or directory
E [25/Sep/2009:06:27:59 +0000] [Job 19] Unable to send print file to printer: Broken pipe
It seems that it's looking for lgmonip2600 in /usr/local/bin ... it looks like the chain from pstocanonij->cifip2600 doesn't get to lgmonip2600 ....
I took a peek at the driver set and it's in /usr/bin .... so, please make a symlink from /usr/bin/lgmonip2600 to /usr/local/bin/lgmonip2600 ... make a test print and look at the logs again for similar errors ...
I've taken a peek at the udevd files and they're good to go ...
Rgds
Posted: Fri 25 Sep 2009, 01:10
by plankenstein
Patriot, YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!
(I guess?
) Anyway YOU ROCK!!! Not only does my printer now work in puppy. It works faster than in ubuntu. No, the pages don't actually
print any faster, but in ubuntu when you sent a job to the printer it would just sit there for so long you thought it was broke, and THEN start printing. With puppy it's almost instant.
You are now officially my hero, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
Posted: Fri 25 Sep 2009, 01:30
by Patriot
Hmmm ....
Glad to be of help ...
I believe that both of us can now take several deep breaths and relax a little bit more .... I'm really pleased that you're able to get your canon printer working ...
I'll be re-tracing our steps here and make a canon ip2600 driver pet for your future reference (and mine too). The driver pet could be of some help to others with the same printer model. Would you like me to notify you when it's ready? BTW, if you think that this issue is fully resolved, kindly edit the first title thread to solved ...
I would like to thank you for your patience ... I wish I could work with more people like you .....
Rgds
Posted: Fri 25 Sep 2009, 02:56
by plankenstein
Patriot,
It would be most kind and greatly appreciated if you would let me know when you get that pet done. And I'll save it and burn it to cd and anything else I can do to make sure I have it forever. And for that matter I'm going to
print this thread and put it in my notebook for future reference as well. (Now that I can)!
As far as marking this thread "solved" it will be my pleasure, I just wanted to wait and see if you had any follow up stuff you needed from me before I did the honors.
And finally, Thank you for
YOUR patience with a noob like me. You have been most helpful, and folks like you are the reason I'm here to stay.
Look forward to working with you again sometime.
plankenstein
Posted: Fri 25 Sep 2009, 05:13
by DaveS
Patriot, help on this level is invaluable to us all, so let me second that thanks.
Posted: Fri 25 Sep 2009, 06:03
by 01micko
Good to see you nailed it plankenstein... Patriot is pretty handy, eh?
Cheers
Posted: Fri 25 Sep 2009, 14:05
by plankenstein
@ 01micko,
Pretty handy is a major understatement. This was totally above and beyond the call of duty. With a some time I plan to be able to do the same for someone else some day. But I've got alot to learn before I'm ready for something like this. But learning is half the fun and one of the main reasons I switched to linux in the first place.
Posted: Mon 28 Sep 2009, 05:18
by Patriot
Hmmm .....
@plankenstein
Kindly check your pm for the preliminary driver set ...
Rgds
Posted: Thu 01 Oct 2009, 23:10
by showdownmetal
hi. i have this same printer and i've never successfully set up a printer in linux. is there a way to get some links to the right drivers?
thanks.
Posted: Fri 02 Oct 2009, 05:31
by Patriot
Hmmm .....
@showdownmetal, you've just volunteered to be my test subject ....
Please check your pm for the preliminary patched driver ...
Rgds
Posted: Fri 02 Oct 2009, 14:00
by plankenstein
@showdownmetal
This driver that Partriot made worked perfectly for me. I think you will be a very happy camper.
Posted: Fri 02 Oct 2009, 14:36
by Patriot
Hmmm .....
plankenstein wrote: ........ This driver that Patriot made worked perfectly for me. ........
I've been wondering about that ... thanks for letting me know ... I can now proceed to post some of these driver sets ...
Rgds
Posted: Fri 02 Oct 2009, 16:35
by plankenstein
@ Patriot
Sorry to leave you hanging, I thought I sent you a PM telling you it worked perfectly. But, checking back it looks like I dropped the ball on that.
I KNOW I typed it up, must have gotten pulled away before I sent it. Please accept my sincere appologies. I hate the thought of looking unappreciative when you went to such great lengths to help me out with this. You will always be one of my all time puppy heros.
Thanks plankenstein.
Posted: Fri 02 Oct 2009, 16:44
by DaveS
plankenstein wrote:@ Patriot
Sorry to leave you hanging, I thought I sent you a PM telling you it worked perfectly. But, checking back it looks like I dropped the ball on that.
I KNOW I typed it up, must have gotten pulled away before I sent it. Please accept my sincere appologies. I hate the thought of looking unappreciative when you went to such great lengths to help me out with this. You will always be one of my all time puppy heros.
Thanks plankenstein.
When a fix works, its great to let the community know too, so a public posting is better than a PM. Glad it worked for ya! That Patriot is something else huh?
Posted: Fri 02 Oct 2009, 16:57
by plankenstein
@Daves,
Yes, I agree that I sould have posted on the forum instead of a PM. But, since Patriot called it a preliminary I thought there might be more he wanted/needed to do before we told the world about it. Really not too sure about the do's and don't's of PM's. As a matter of fact, his was the first PM I had received. That may explain why I didn't even notice I had one until he posted the fact in this thread.
Anyway, live and learn, that's what makes it FUN.