printing options - SOLVED

[Geert Janssens]

Hi,

Right after sending my last mail with the "No pages found" error, I got 
this bright idea ;-) : why not check the logs to see if cups had spewn 
some more information.

I found /var/log/cups/error_log which gave some more info, but not much. 
It suggested to set LogLevel to debug for more info. So I did in 
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf.

After my next attempt, the error messages in the logfile were far more 
revealing:
/usr/bin/gs: error while loading shared libraries: libgimpprint.so.1:
  cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Strange, I did compile and install gimp-print 4.2.7, so why can't 
ghostscript (gs) find the accompanying library ?

Well, here's the clue... The gimp-print version that comes with 
yellowdog gets installed in /usr/lib. The one I compiled, gets installed 
in /usr/local/lib. The dynamic linker doesn't look there.

But that is relatively easy to solve:
- as root edit /etc/ld.so.conf, and add a line containing /usr/local/lib
- run ldconfig to update the linker cache

Et voilą: the next test page got through without a hitch. (Must remember 
to check the log files earlier, must remember to check the logfiles 
earlier, must remember... ;-) )


Personally, I think this little detail will fix the printing issues for 
many list members that tried to download and install another version of 
gimp-print, but it didn't work.

Good luck to them !

Cheers,

Geert