cannot add printer with an lpd backend

[Courtney Rosenthal]

Binary package hint: kdeprint

I am trying to add a printer that is connected to a network print server. The print server implements LPD queues, so that's the backend I want to use.

Here is the procedure I use:
* start kcontrol
* select "Printers"
* select "Administrator Mode" and enter password
* select: Add -> Add Printer/Class ...
* "Add Printer Wizard" starts up
* on the "Backend Selection" screen, the "Remote LPD Queue" choice is ghosted out and I cannot select it

[Courtney Rosenthal (courtneyr)]

The problem is that /usr/lib/cups/backend/lpd was installed mode 600. This was a full install of Feisty Herd 5.

When I changed the permissions to 755 the problem was fixed.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Should work with current cupsys package. Either wait for the package (1.2.8-0ubuntu4) to hit the mirrors (should be the case in some hours) and do

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo dpkg -P --force-depends cupsys
sudo apt-get install cupsys

or (i386/32-bit PC only) download the new packages from

http://www.linux-foundation.org/~till/tmp/ubuntu/feisty/cupsys/binary/

and do

sudo dpkg -P --force-depends cupsys
sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Now the backends should be linked and configured correctly.