problem with Lexmark z53 and cupsys-driver-gimpprint

[Daniel Robitaille]

I'm slowly learning more about my problem with cupsys-driver-gimpprint
and getting a crash course on cups and dpkg install scripts in the
process.  Right now it appears that there are 2 problems in my Ubuntu
configuration:

a)  The dpkg post-install script for cupsys-driver-gimpprint
(/var/lib/dpkg/info/cupsys-driver-gimpprint.postinst) contains these 2
lines:
 
  # Restart CUPSys (to register new and updated PPDs)
     /etc/init.d/cupsys reload

 But it appears that "reload" for cupsys is not a valid option.  one
of "restart" or "force-reload" would work

b)  The error message when using /etc/init.d/cupsys with an invalid
option is totally misleading:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys reload
 * Usage: /etc/init.d/cupsd {start|stop|restart|force-reload}

This comes from the fact that the cupsys script contains the wrong
name in the "NAME" variable:
   NAME=cupsd
 
Obviously it should be "cupsys", and the error message become more clear.
(and explains why I could find  /etc/init.d/cupsd anywhere)

I think I should file a big report with b).  But what about a)?  since
it's part of universe, is it worth filling one as well in Ubuntu
bugzilla?

Daniel


> > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 00:29:35 -0700, Daniel Robitaille
> > >
> > >
> > > <robitaille at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I have been trying to get Ubuntu to talk to my Lexmark z53 printer,
> > > > and it doesn't work.  The latest attempt tonight was to install
> > > > cupsys-driver-gimpprint from universe since it seems to solve some
> > > > printing problems accoridng to some previous posts on the list (since
> > > > I installed it, the z53 driver has now appeared when creating a new
> > > > print queue, so I believe that I need that package one way or
> > > > another.)
> > > >
> > > > But that didn't solve my problem with the printer. And now I cannot
> > > > even remove that packages via synaptic.  The error I get is:
> > > >
> > > > Removing cupsys-driver-gimpprint ...
> > > >  * Usage: /etc/init.d/cupsd {start|stop|restart|force-reload}
> > > > dpkg: error processing cupsys-driver-gimpprint (--remove):
> > > >  subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> > > >
> > > > And since /etc/init.d/cupsd doesn't exist, I can understand why it's failing.
> > > >
> > > > So the 2 questions:
> > > >
> > > > a) anyone knows how to setup a Lexmark z53 printer? It works fine in a
> > > > Fedora partition on the same computer, so it's not a hardware problem.
> > > >
> > > > b) Am I stuck with that cupsys-driver-gimpprint packages forever?  Or
> > > > there is a way to remove it even with that error.  I don't really like
> > > > having an unremovable package since that can only lead to problems on
> > > > the long run.
> > > >
> > > > --