ppr-list-digest volume 5, number 22, message 2

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From: David Chappell <David.Chappell@trincoll.edu>
Date: 04 Apr 2003 11:51:06 -0500
Subject: Re: PPR: CIDInit re-visited

On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 18:48, Juan C. Barayoga wrote:
> David,
> 
> I keep getting this missing procset "CIDInit" error eventhough I
> followed your instruction as a temporary fix by creating an empty
> /usr/share/ppr/lib/procset/CIDInit-0-0.
> 
> I believe that it worked for a little while and then it stopped
> working again.

Then something must have changed.  Is the file readable by the user
ppr?  Does its name exactly match the name of the procedure set
described in the error message as missing?
 
> Also, is there a way for the "ppop" utility to release a stranded
> print job?  How can PPR re-process a stranded print job?

Since jobs get stranded due to inabilities of the printers on whcih they
are tried, stranded print jobs get a new chance when they are moved.  If
you want PPR to try again, you can pretend to move the jobs, like this:

$ ppop move myqueue myqueue