CUPS printing and faxing problem (resend-2)

[Stephen Liu]

Hi Michael

Thanks for your advice.  All tests hereunder described are done as ROOT

On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 20:04, Michael Goffioul wrote:
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> Select the "Print through external program" plugin, an edit widget
> the appears in the print dialog, named "Print command". Enter the
> print command in that field. Be sure to select the PS_printer
> item as printer to enable that edit field.

Start "Print - Konqueror

- select   Name   "PS_Print"
- select   Print system currently used:   "Print through an external
program (generic)"
- enter   Print command   "print"
- click  Print

"Catastrophe! - KNotify" window popup
A print error occurred.  Error message received from system
Print '/root/.kde/tmp-localhost.localdomain/kdeprint_sBVVb7c': execution
failed with message:
/bin/bash: line 1:print:command not found

 
> Could you try first with a PostScript file, to avoid the internal
> conversion to PS (and the use of "anytops")?

Start Konqueror and Open a document
Start "Print - Konqueror"
Name:  select "Print To File (PostScript)"
Print system currently used: select  "Print through an external program
(generic)"
Output file :  "home/satimis/printps

KStart -> Extras -> Accessories -> Send a Fax

Add File  select  "/home/satimis/printps
Enter  fax_number
Click  'Send Fax'

Not sent

View log;
Sending to fax using: /usr/bin/fax NAME='root' DEV='ttyS1' PAGE=a4
FROM='' send  '25907886' '/home/satimis/printps' 
/home/satimis/printps.nnn is up-to-date/usr/bin/efax: Sat May 17
11:43:19 2003 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas
efax: 43:19 opened /dev/ttyS1efax: 43:25 sync: dropping DTRefax: 43:30
sync: sending escapesefax: 43:35 Error: sync: modem not responding
efax: 43:35 failed -> /home/satimis/printps.001
efax: 43:35 done, returning 4 (no response from modem)  There were
errors (see T25907886.log).

# cat /home/satimis/T25907886.log
/usr/bin/efax: Fri May  9 11:06:17 2003 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed
Casas
efax: 06:17 compiled Aug  7 2002 02:38:18
efax: 06:17 TIFF version 4.2 file (little-endian)
efax: 06:17 TIFF directory at 8 with 20 tags, last image.
efax: 06:17 page 1 : /tmp/kde-satimis/kprinter_1359.001 + 338 :
1728x2156 @ 204x196 dpi TIFF/FAX
efax: 06:17 argv[0]=/usr/bin/efax
efax: 06:17 argv[1]=-v
efax: 06:17 argv[2]=ewin
efax: 06:17 argv[3]=-v
efax: 06:17 argv[4]=chewmainrxtf
efax: 06:17 argv[5]=-d/dev/modem
efax: 06:17 argv[6]=-x
efax: 06:17 argv[7]=/var/lock/LCK..modem
efax: 06:17 argv[8]=-iZ
efax: 06:17 argv[9]=-i&FE&D2S7=120
efax: 06:17 argv[10]=-i&C0
efax: 06:17 argv[11]=-iM1L0
efax: 06:17 argv[12]=-l
efax: 06:17 argv[13]=
efax: 06:17 argv[14]=-kZ
efax: 06:17 argv[15]=-h
efax: 06:17 argv[16]=2003/05/09 11:06  Stephen p. %d/%d
efax: 06:17 argv[17]=-t
efax: 06:17 argv[18]=T25907886
efax: 06:17 argv[19]=/tmp/kde-satimis/kprinter_1359.001
efax: 06:17 Error: can't open pre-lock file /var/lock/TMP..01479:
Permission denied
efax: 06:17 failed -> /tmp/kde-satimis/kprinter_1359.001
efax: 06:17 done, returning 2 (unrecoverable error)

# ls -l /var/lock/
No such a file  "TMP..01479" found

Test kppp
No problem.  ISP connected

B.Regards
Stephen