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Furlinastis 07-01-2020 02:21 AM
nobody will solve my printing issue
 
Symptoms:
-cups is setup, print test page works fine, printer is usb
-no application recognizes the printer, the drop down menu either lists only PDF printing or PDF printing and a 'generic printer'. the ' generic printer' does nothing.
-when I press ctrl+P it takes 5 minutes for the printing dialog to appear and the program locks up
-this error is in /var/log/cups/error_log:
Code:
CreateDevice failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited:Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
It worked last time I tried to print, and I changed nothing.

Yup, not going to be solved.

JJJCR 07-01-2020 02:29 AM
Have you tried: sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart

TB0ne 07-01-2020 08:13 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Furlinastis (Post 6140009)
Symptoms:
-cups is setup, print test page works fine, printer is usb
-no application recognizes the printer, the drop down menu either lists only PDF printing or PDF printing and a 'generic printer'. the ' generic printer' does nothing.
-when I press ctrl+P it takes 5 minutes for the printing dialog to appear and the program locks up
-this error is in /var/log/cups/error_log:
Code:
CreateDevice failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited:Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
It worked last time I tried to print, and I changed nothing.

Yup, not going to be solved.
No, it probably won't be...mainly because you provide NO DETAILS. Version/distro of Linux? Brand/model of printer? What the 'application' is? Desktop environment you're using? Are you sharing the printer?? Anything you've done/tried so far??

You asked earlier about setting up CUPS:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ie-4175677363/

...but never followed up.

pan64 07-01-2020 08:25 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Furlinastis (Post 6140009)
-this error is in /var/log/cups/error_log:
Code:
CreateDevice failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited:Launch helper exited with unknown return code 1
would be nice to to see what went wrong with that launch helper.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Furlinastis (Post 6140009)
It worked last time I tried to print, and I changed nothing.
Something obviously changed, otherwise it is just nonsense.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Furlinastis (Post 6140009)
Yup, not going to be solved.
and obviously would be nice to see how did you configure your cups service.
Just in case you change your mind and want to solve it.


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