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From: Francisco Franco <ffranco@aerocompsys.com> Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:26:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: PPR: missing ppr.conf? Hi David, I did run fixup, but neither the media.db nor the ppr.conf were generated. I have run fixup as root first, then as ppr. No errors are displayed when I run fixup. I even went as far as doing a touch on /etc/ppr.conf and /etc/media.db, then running fixup again wihtout any success. Francisco On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, David Chappell wrote: > 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". > > - -- Francisco Franco ffranco@aerocompsys.com AeroComp Consulting Inc. (416) 409-0163