Bug 126122

Summary:	Should tell users to restart cupsd after installing new drivers
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	James Bowlin <bowlin>
Component:	Other documents	Assignee:	nm (RETIRED) <nightmorph>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	docs-team
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description James Bowlin 2006-03-13 23:50:00 UTC

On this page:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml
In section 4. Configuring a Printer,
under Code Listing 4.2: Looking for CUPS errors,
in un-numbered section: Installing the Best Driver,
you say:

> Download the PPD file from the site and place it in /usr/share/cups/model.
> This will make the driver available through the CUPS web interface. Now
> reconfigure your printer as described above.

This did not work for me.  I had to also restart the cupsd service.
Perhaps these instructions should be changed to:

  Download the PPD file from the site and place it in /usr/share/cups/model
  then restart cupsd by running /etc/init.d/cupsd restart.  This will make
  the driver available through the CUPS web interface. Now reconfigure your
  printer as described above.

Restarting the service is mentioned earlier in the document related to making
changes /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, but it is not obvious that the service needs to
be restarted when drivers are added.  You instructions imply that the directory
containing the drivers is scanned dynamically and no restart is needed.

Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-03-14 10:57:17 UTC

Fixed in CVS. Thanks for reporting.

(I fixed this same issue awhile ago over in the Cups/ClamAV/Samba howto, but I didn't check *this* doc to verify it had the same needed procedure. Sorry; slipped my mind.)