ppr-list-digest volume 4, number 36, message 2

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From: David Chappell <David.Chappell@mail.cc.trincoll.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:19:26 -0400
Subject: Re: PPR: missing ppr.conf?

Francisco Franco wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>
>I am new to PPR, but I've compiled and installed version 1.44 on a 
>Solaris8 box.  I've tried to add a printer through the web interface as 
>well as through the ppad command line.  However, when I try to submit a 
>job to the printer I get the following error message:
>
>+++
># ls -l /usr/bin | ./ppr -d los1650
>filter_lp: value is not in the correct format
>        while attempting to read "/etc/ppr/ppr.conf"
>                [internationalization]
>                defaultmedium =
>Your new print job for "los1650" has been rejected by PPR because of a
>fatal error: filter failed, exit code = 1.
>+++
>
>This is where I am stuck.  I can't find any reference to what the ppr.conf 
>file is supposed to look like or how it is supposed to be 
>generated/created.
>
>The only vague reference I have found is in the pprdoc-12.html in the 
>Media Handling chapter.
>
>Can somebody point me to where I can find more info on the ppr.conf file?
>
>Francisco
>
It is generated when you run fixup.  Running /usr/lib/ppr/fixup/fixup as 
root is the last step after running "make install".

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