[plug] No Devices in CUPS

[ryan at is.as.geeky.as]

As is sometimes the case, a few purges and reinstalls or cupsomatic-ppd
and cupsys eventually fixed it (3 this time).  Now I've got all my
devices in the list and can waste countless hours remembering how it all
works :)

Thanks,

Ryan

I blame Grommit

On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 13:15, Harry McNally wrote:
> On 07 Jan 2003 12:26:38 +0800
> "ryan at is.as.geeky.as" <ryan at is.as.geeky.as> wrote:
> 
> > When I attempt to add a new printer to CUPS via the web admin interface
> > there are no devices to choose in the Device list.  Have a done a
> > naughty somewhere?
> 
> It does sound naughty. When you "Add Printer" there should be a rudimentary list
> of available printers. If you don't even get to the login popup then something
> sounds uber-broken.
> 
> Under debian, the ppds for printers all live within /usr/share/cups/model
> Have a look and see if the /usr/share/cups has directories:
> banners        charsets  doc-root  model       templates
> calibrate.ppm  data      fonts     pstoraster
> 
> You may be able to recover by installing all of the _other_ printers:
> 
> #apt-get install cupsomatic-ppd (sounds very Wallace and Grommit, yes ? :)