[hpoj-devel] ptal-init start

[Bayard R. C. <n1...@co...>]

"Martin Schaller" <ma...@m-...> wrote:

>>> I'm running Redhat 9 and hpoj 0.91. My HP OfficeJet 1150C was detected and
>>> configured with "ptal-init setup". But ptal-init doesn't start with the
>>> command "ptal-init start" (under root). Even if I stop CUPS or start
>>> ptal-init at boot.

I'm running SuSE 9.0 and hpoj 0.91 with a USB HP PSC 2410xi, and have similar
symptoms. As a temporary measure, I run the following horrific script as
root (using the 'su' command) in an xterm window when logged in as an
ordinary user:

#!/bin/bash
/etc/init.d/cups stop
/etc/init.d/ptal-init stop
/etc/init.d/ptal-init start
/etc/init.d/cups start

Yes, it's ugly, but it does the trick. I suspect that the problem is
that the initialization needs to be done in a specific order, and that
the hotplug scripts need to be run before the ptal-init and cups startup
scripts during initialization. However, I haven't had the time to tinker
with it yet.

BTW, if you don't restart cups and ptal as I do in the script and you
queue a document for printing first, you'll not only have to run this
script, but also go into http://localhost:631/ and Manage Printers to
restart your printer.

I'm also finding that I have to restart the print queue using localhost:631
after every document that I print anyway. So, there is clearly a problem
with what CUPS is being told or is trying to cope with. I have a duplexer
on my printer, but I don't believe that that affects my problem.

HTH,

Bayard, N1HO