From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: swedebugia@riseup.net Subject: Re: Setting up plug and print on GuixSD? Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 11:45:35 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87h9hs5ywn.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56613) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQYTU-0006DX-VS for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 05:46:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aQYSo-0002XZ-47 for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2016 05:46:19 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87h9hs5ywn.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: ludo@gnu.org Cc: help-guix On 2016-02-01 14:43, ludo@gnu.org wrote: > swedebugia@riseup.net skribis: >=20 >> I installed cups and xfce. What more do I need? >=20 > For printers available on the network as in a typical =E2=80=9Centerpri= se=E2=80=9D > setup, nothing more: the =E2=80=9Cprint=E2=80=9D dialog in Evince and s= imilar tools=20 > will > discover it and do the right thing. >=20 >> In >> https://gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Services.html#Services >> I did not find a service declaration for CUPS. >>=20 >> What is the next step? >=20 > For a locally-connected printer you=E2=80=99ll certainly need a CUPS da= emon > running, indeed. I=E2=80=99m not sure exactly what it takes, but it wo= uld > clearly be a worthwhile addition! OK. I gave it a try and this is how far I got: The manpages and documentation on cups.org is rather useless regarding=20 installation and formatting of the config-files. The package installs corrupt config-files according to $ cupsd -t "/gnu/store/qs3xymcsgxa68i8m188261rhxsszx7za-cups-2.1.0/etc/cups/cups-fil= es.conf"=20 contains errors. I have a running working installation of cups 1.7 on my trisquel 7=20 machine. I tried copying the working (very similar) configs from there=20 which the trisquel-cupsd report as 'OK'. =3D> It did not help and the error is not as detailed as I would like and= =20 there is no debug option is seems. Is there a good free non-apple-owned alternative to CUPS I could try=20 instead?