From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 10:16:39 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A9A4256 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:16:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6724@bellsouth.net) Received: from nm13-vm1.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm13-vm1.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [216.39.63.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5ABCE16D7 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:16:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller6724@bellsouth.net) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bellsouth.net; s=s2048; t=1433240004; bh=0d85ylaElgbszSJklgnbfRSkZ5XM7P2ftJ22bR3EXdU=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:From:Subject; b=ouLUmFE903wIvFwnHTSWNsB3+oiFSxve1ly4Bx52XwAmIAPgwllnsgOO2INNNmtaDNEV33PSPHf9pVL+kvvQ4dDQLzBzcdYxE6qFeBn8X223qGJzSPudx9sH6Vmz8HPYGd75ZKp8pnddPzIYHwjcNAwnPm2tV7B5ogyf4b6GGWS2uwkyDzvcWKQMUi8SWJWoAFCBH6SDOPUsfQwlrDbCdnKHGOVcafginWDjX4hoqo5NPTy2lvaT20U+p0v18xAHMNpQaEzXz+l65zm2831sbSe/yznk7zr8XT58Lo2vDk9amhgsHV0hIAs5a1hjIeT96ulXf/NhxtGV60Va4h/QGg== Received: from [216.39.60.166] by nm13.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Jun 2015 10:13:24 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.242] by tm2.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Jun 2015 10:13:24 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 02 Jun 2015 10:13:24 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 9329.71691.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Message-ID: <9329.71691.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: Xp2b4fcVM1ldr1aINc7BcXF0jaVjnprp8rperRuuJZnr0AL KH7jfBc0dck93X8ZRL3F4.joM1wT0d.t8AA0VzH4RUbqJRwwWudaLN1kKfs4 hzL27VjSy4d4sHhxmPjPfQB1VWBDlrkZjHci0ZyHpCJsNR6DNzr1uwANB50B Kv5BuB10Q9RasqUbrCzetMz2lhl2QrDSYEnbPAkdZGDX_Z1YIxMAGOxUgIXy 94aQaKr5biUjv_VddROuW.Z1YLVzmt9LuCkIofUK8KArWBWZH5xXcDit.k6p p82eRX7RreDHYRXMNHJ_1C.shFKClZI.87CiTu0uXvGxX98YYK5_5_FJnXGt 7kV009k1_vDi4.PhtZy8.B7QBPnB_YKYX_wfies3XOz5usk4CHKQzhog_5Mf EcVFQDwPTW7xjQlOaJ71565QCYm8htU1_WLVGRQHO7gSniiLdckbZkiwBAjr 58PE7K1gVBD_7bSqBmfeXeeXBMTAYuihoPlipiAdScpsiOGDN55wdDHgBoLk yo4YLcixT43Tk251K5ZoXUxUem3_EfjTgE2KUjQO_MtJfe5zoIPWqg_TtiQ- - X-Yahoo-SMTP: Kz_aW1.swBBYof3zAD7.RWzXz9ZAQVDMml1VADsbgPT4Kq79LC0- Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 10:12:47 +0000 From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cups, and hplip too, fail to recognize printer when I try to print References: <263570.73680.bm@smtp114.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <4321846.9hHPBs9sCR@desk8.phess.net> X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 10:16:39 -0000 Thomas Mueller wrote: > I have printer, HP_LaserJet_Professional_M1212nf_MFP, seem to have set > it up with cups [...] > > lpr: lp: unknown printer Patrick Hess responded: > Be aware that after installing CUPS you will find two incompatible lpr > binaries on your system: /usr/bin/lpr, which belongs to the base system, > and /usr/local/bin/lpr, the one that comes with CUPS. Unless you changed > your $PATH to include /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin, you are still > calling /usr/bin/lpr (use "which lpr" to confirm this). The same goes > for /usr/bin/lp vs. /usr/local/bin/lp. > So just try using the full path for /usr/local/bin/lpr and see if that > does the trick. > Patrick I tried that, got some more sign of life, but still no joy: But it still seems that /usr/local/sbin and /usr/local/bin in FreeBSD, or /usr/pkg/sbin and /usr/pkg/bin in NetBSD, should properly be at the front of the path, unless one wants to put $HOME/bin or the like in front of that. I get Idle: Filter failed on http://localhost:631 status page. It looks like cups and the printer are finding every silly excuse for refusing to work. I can't really say if Linux would work better. Only other way is seeing if the Windows way works in wine. Tom