Re: Printing and CUPS

I tried to build cups-base but it did not end well. I got errors such as libuuid missing which is was not and I made matters worse then I tried to fix it. So, I’m starting again with a fresh install and pkgsrc and I’ll build cups-base from scratch. Am I correct in assuming that pkgin and pkgsrc can coexist happily?

Glenn

On 17 Oct 2020, at 2:38 am, Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost> wrote:

On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 03:12:23PM +1100, Glenn Mawby wrote:
Glenn Mawby <glenn.mawby%gmail.com@localhost>
14:43 (28 minutes ago)
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Hello,
I've installed NetBSD 9 on intel based machine and I'm having trouble
setting up printing. I decided to use CUPS to manage printing. The
printer is on my local network and has a fixed IP address.

I installed cups and hplip, enabled and started cupsd, and added the HP
OfficeJet 8610 to CUPS.

When I print the test page the job is visible in the queue and completes
but nothing prints. If I look in /var/log/cups/error_log I see the
following error.

E [14/Oct/2020:20:06:47 +1100] [CGI] Unable to execute ippfind utility: No
such file or directory

I checked the wiki and followed the instructions setting up CUPS and as far
as I can tell I've done everything right. I also see chatter on some Linux
forums describing a similar problem.

Is there another package I'm supposed to install to make this work?

[off-list]

I just committed the movement of the comma, so cups-base-2.3.3nb7 should
come with ippfind by default. Not sure if it will fix your printing,
but at least that error would disappear. (ippfind needs mdnsd=YES in
/etc/rc.conf in that case)

Can you build packages from pkgsrc?
What version of NetBSD are you running?

Cheers,

Patrick