[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#503644: cups: no IPP printer available any more?

[Marc Haber]

Package: cups
Version: 1.3.9-2
Severity: normal

Hi,

after upgrading to the experimental CUPS packages, I can no longer
configure an IPP printer: The "Device" combo box in the "Add" and
"Configure Printer" dialogs only shows "AppSocket/HP JetDirect",
"Backend Error Handler", "CUPS-PDF (Virtual PDF Printer)", "HP Fax
(HPLIP)", "HP Printer (HPLIP)", "LPT #1", "SCSI Printer" and "Windows
Printer via SAMBA".

As I am trying to install an hp Color LaserJet 2605n, I selected "HP
Printer" and chose ipp://printer.example.com/ipp/port1, which allowed
the install to complete without error message in the web interface.

However, the error_log received the
[cups-driverd] Unable to write "/var/cache/cups/ppds.dat
and the
CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
error messages that I know since last Friday.

When I try to print a test page, the printer status says "No %%Pages:
comment in header!", but when I look into the actual spool file, it
looks like PostScript alright.

Additionally, as a reminder, my system does not seem to be aware of a
lot of files, including /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp, to be member of any
package.

Greetings
Marc

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.4-scyw00225 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages cups depends on:
ii  adduser               3.110              add and remove users and groups
ii  bc                    1.06.94-3          The GNU bc arbitrary precision cal
ii  cups-common           1.3.9-2            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24             Debian configuration management sy
ii  ghostscript           8.62.dfsg.1-3.1    The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  libavahi-compat-libdn 0.6.23-2           Avahi Apple Bonjour compatibility 
ii  libc6                 2.7-15             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcups2              1.3.9-2            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libcupsimage2         1.3.9-2            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libdbus-1-3           1.2.1-4            simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libgcc1               1:4.3.2-1          GCC support library
ii  libgnutls26           2.4.2-1            the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libijs-0.35           0.35-5             IJS raster image transport protoco
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2         2.4.11-1           OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libpam0g              1.0.1-4            Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpaper1             1.1.23+nmu1        library for handling paper charact
ii  libpoppler3           0.8.7-1            PDF rendering library
ii  libslp1               1.2.1-7.4          OpenSLP libraries
ii  libstdc++6            4.3.2-1            The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  lsb-base              3.2-20             Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  perl-modules          5.10.0-16          Core Perl modules
ii  poppler-utils [xpdf-u 0.8.7-1            PDF utilitites (based on libpopple
ii  procps                1:3.2.7-9          /proc file system utilities
ii  ssl-cert              1.0.23             simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cups recommends:
ii  avahi-utils           0.6.23-2           Avahi browsing, publishing and dis
ii  cups-client           1.3.9-2            Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  foomatic-filters      3.0.2-20080211-3.2 OpenPrinting printer support - fil
ii  gsfonts-x11           0.21               Make Ghostscript fonts available t
ii  smbclient             2:3.2.4-1          a LanManager-like simple client fo
ii  ttf-freefont          20060501cvs-12     Freefont Serif, Sans and Mono True

Versions of packages cups suggests:
ii  cups-bsd                1.3.9-2          Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
pn  cups-driver-gutenprint  <none>           (no description available)
ii  cups-pdf                2.4.8-3          PDF printer for CUPS
ii  foomatic-db             20080211-2+nmu1  OpenPrinting printer support - dat
ii  foomatic-db-engine      3.0.2-20080211-1 OpenPrinting printer support - pro
ii  hplip                   2.8.7-1          HP Linux Printing and Imaging Syst
pn  xpdf-korean | xpdf-japa <none>           (no description available)

-- debconf information:
* cupsys/raw-print: false
* cupsys/backend: ipp, lpd, parallel, scsi, serial, socket, usb, snmp, dnssd