Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 212765
printer not working in fc6
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:46 EST
Description of problem: HP Deskjet 720C worked in fc5 but not in fresh install of fc6. hpssd wasn't running because it couldn't bind to socket. Adding 127.0.0.1 localhost to /etc/hosts cured that. test print and "echo hello | lp" send job to queue (checked with lpstat) but no signs of life from printer (it's got power!). hplip docs show 720C to be unsupported but the fc6 system-config-printer shows it as a valid printer (I think it uses a different driver and hpijs?). service restarts/reboots/uninstall and reinstall printers in various combinations doesn't help. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Don't know on other machines but on mine it's very reproducible Steps to Reproduce: 1. install printer 2. try to print Actual results: it doesn't print Expected results: it does print Additional info:
Should have said that this is probably filed incorrectly as an hplip problem. Perhaps cups/pnm2ppa would be better. The seemingly relevant part of the cups error_log is as follows: I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Listening to 127.0.0.1:631 (IPv4) I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Listening to ::1:631 (IPv6) I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Listening to /var/run/cups/cups.sock (Domain) I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf" I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Using default TempDir of /var/spool/cups/tmp... I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Cleaning out old temporary files in "/var/spool/c ups/tmp"... I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Configured for up to 100 clients. I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host. I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Using policy "default" as the default! I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Full reload is required. I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Loaded MIME database from '/etc/cups': 34 types, 38 filters... D [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Loading printer lp0... E [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] cupsdSetPrinterAttrs: Unable to get printer conte xt I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Loading job cache file "/var/cache/cups/job.cache "... D [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Loading job 16 from cache... D [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Loading job 17 from cache... I [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Full reload complete. E [29/Oct/2006:08:32:35 +0000] Unable to find IP address for server name "buster .watsonnet"!
Solved (by bryancole on fedoraforum). pnm2ppa wasn't installed. # yum install pnm2ppa This needs fixing in the relevant package.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 212139 ***