From: "Daniel Meißner" <daniel.meissner-i4k@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Printer configuration failed due to missing filters
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2021 12:54:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735n8fuv2.fsf@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tufqpolw.fsf@nckx>
Hi Tobias,
> Daniel Meißner 写道:
>> I am currently trying to configure my Epson printer on Guix system
>> using system-config-printer. The printer is connected via USB and is
>> automatically detected in the dialog window that opens if I click on
>> "Add". I select the printer from the list and click on "Forward",
>> then I enter the printer name, a description and a location in the
>> section "Describe Printer". However, if I click on "Apply", the
>> following error message is printed:
>
> I was unable to reproduce this at all, albeit without an Epson USB
> printer connected, of course.
Using the web-interface of CUPS I could add my printer seamlessly and
even print a test page. So thanks! However, as mentioned in [1], the
web interface responded super slowly which was the reason to use
system-config-printer and gnome-control-center in the first place.
After the fix the web-interface now runs smoothly.
However, gnome-control-center still `Failed to add new printer' and
system-config-printer still prints the error message I mentioned before.
As before it adds the printer but refuses to print a test page saying
‘There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'No such file or
directory'’.
Nevertheless, I found that it is possible to print a PDF document from
evince on the very same printer that I added using
system-config-printer. So the problem seems to lie within
system-config-printer (and not CUPS) searching the right PATH for the
Epson filter. Additionally, gnome-control-center does not seem to work
at all in that regard because I did not manage to add the printer with
it.
I am happy now since I am able to print but maybe it is worthwhile
investigating this issue with gnome-control-center within the
core-updates-frozen branch. Because this would be the first place to
try to add printers for new Guix users that use Gnome. I would be happy
to help although I can probably only try to reproduce this issue on
core-updates-frozen.
Best
Daniel
1: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2021-12/msg00010.html
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-04 11:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-02 8:39 Printer configuration failed due to missing filters Daniel Meißner
2021-12-02 13:18 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-12-02 13:51 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-12-02 15:05 ` Daniel Meißner
2021-12-02 23:20 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-12-04 11:54 ` Daniel Meißner [this message]
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