Thanks for the link.
With regards to the BrowsePoll setting, this is what I have setup in cupsd.conf:
BrowsePoll prtsvr:631
With the "prtsvr" defined in /etc/hosts. I issue the following print command:
/opt/freeware/bin/lpr <filename> -P <printername>
It returns the following message:
/opr/freeware/bin/lpr: The printer or class does not exist
However, on a system with Cups 1.5.4 I have no problem (using the same cupsd.conf settings).
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Dale Hirchert
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue February 06, 2024 09:04 AM
From: C- -T
Subject: Cups v2.2.3-3 is missing the cups-polld daemon
i just leave this here...
https://opensource.apple.com/source/cups/cups-26/doc/sam.html#BrowsePoll
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I regret starting this entire conversation
Original Message:
Sent: Fri February 02, 2024 01:24 PM
From: Dale Hirchert
Subject: Cups v2.2.3-3 is missing the cups-polld daemon
This has come back around to bite me. Yes, this is 2 years old but now I'm being told to dig deeper for a fix.
Since the cups-polld daemon disappeared starting with cups 1.6, how do I go about making v2.2.3.3 work? There is no polling daemon therefore lpstat has no way to obtain printer status -- in other words, there seems to be no mechanism to reach out to a printer server. For 2.2.3.3 what replaced the functionality of cups-polld?
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Dale Hirchert
Original Message:
Sent: Tue January 11, 2022 08:33 AM
From: Ayappan P
Subject: Cups v2.2.3-3 is missing the cups-polld daemon
"rpm -qi cups-1.5.4-1.ppc" will show some details from which we can identify the source of this rpm.
It may be from perzl site, as I can see the same version of cups there.
http://www.oss4aix.org/download/RPMS/cups/
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Ayappan P
Original Message:
Sent: Tue January 11, 2022 07:50 AM
From: Dale Hirchert
Subject: Cups v2.2.3-3 is missing the cups-polld daemon
To be more specific, is there anyway to retrieve the following packages from the AIX Linux Toolbox website:
cups-1.5.4-1.ppc
cups-libs-1.5.4-1.ppc
cups-ipptool-1.5.4-1.ppc
cups-lpd-1.5.4-1.ppc
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Dale Hirchert
Original Message:
Sent: Tue January 11, 2022 07:19 AM
From: Dale Hirchert
Subject: Cups v2.2.3-3 is missing the cups-polld daemon
Thanks for that information.
Do you know where I can find versions prior to 1.6? I would be fine with re-installing 1.5.4 but I can't find any older versions. Any idea where I can find older versions?
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Dale Hirchert
Original Message:
Sent: Tue January 11, 2022 03:38 AM
From: Ayappan P
Subject: Cups v2.2.3-3 is missing the cups-polld daemon
I see cups-polld is removed from 1.6.0 version (released 2013) onwards.
No idea on why it is removed and if there is any replacement.
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Ayappan P
Original Message:
Sent: Mon January 10, 2022 12:38 PM
From: Dale Hirchert
Subject: Cups v2.2.3-3 is missing the cups-polld daemon
I recently upgrade from cups v1.5.4-1 to cups v2.2.3-3. I remove the older version followed by a clean install of the currently available version. To date, the following packages are installed:
cups-2.2.3-3.ppc
cups-client-2.2.3-3.ppc
cups-libs-2.2.3-3.ppc
cups-lpd-2.2.3-3.ppc
cups-ipptool-2.2.3-3.ppc
What's missing from this package compared to the previous (1.5.4) version:
/opt/freeware/lib/cups/daemon/cups-polld
This file was included in the cups-1.5.4-1.ppc package, however it is missing in cups-2.2.3-3.ppc package.
From what I can tell, this polling daemon is needed to poll the print server for availability of printers.
Is there a replacement function for cups-polld in version 2.2.3?
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Dale Hirchert
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