lpadmin / cups-driverd : wrong ppd path , Unable to copy PPD file!

[Hadmut Danisch]

Binary package hint: cups

Hi,

after upgrading to karmic, my scripts to add printers through lpadmin do not work anymore. When trying to add a printer e.g. like

lpadmin -p HP-LaserJet-1300 -m hp-laserjet_1300-ps.ppd -v socket://192.168.1.1:9100

I get error messages of the kind

lpadmin: Unable to copy PPD file!

Neither relative nor absolute paths to the ppd file work. strace reveals that lpadmin calls
  /usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-driverd cat
with the given ppd file (-m option)

cups-driverd does not accept absolute paths.

when a relative path is given, cups-driverd looks under /usr/share/cups/model , while the ppds are under /usr/share/ppd under Ubuntu.

regards

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 14 10:34:31 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-MA78G-DS3H
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: cups 1.4.1-5ubuntu2.1
Papersize: a4
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/raid1-root ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/tcsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: cups
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:6695): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:6695): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:6781): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:6758): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
dmi.bios.date: 04/03/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F2
dmi.board.name: GA-MA78G-DS3H
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF2:bd04/03/2008:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnGA-MA78G-DS3H:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnGA-MA78G-DS3H:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GA-MA78G-DS3H
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

[Hadmut Danisch (hadmut)]

Setting a symlink from /usr/share/cups/model to /usr/share/ppd fixes the problem (dirty workaround), so it is definitely a wrong path in the binary.

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

All PPD's are dynamically generated or passed through cups-driverd now, even static ones under /usr/share/ppd
You should use the complete driver name as output by this command:
lpinfo -m | grep -i 'laserjet_1300'
e.g.:
lpadmin -p HP-LaserJet-1300 -m hplip:0/HP/hp-laserjet_1300-ps.ppd -v socket://192.168.1.1:9100

PS: I already reported the multiple identical hplip PostScript entries you see as bug #779465