úterý 8. prosince 2015

Overgrive sync folder can not be changed during initial set up



One of the nice synchronization solution with Google drive and Linux is overGrive. However there is a bug in initial setup dialog for version 3.1.3 beta. I have just tried it in Debian testing and couldn't change the sync folder, which was by default /home/username/Google Drive. Clicking the button "change folder" didn't work. After I run the program from the terminal instead of just clicking the icon, I've realized that this occurs because '/home/username/Google Drive' doesn't exist. So I created that folder and then the changing procedure with folder select dialog run OK. In the end I had to delete that default folder. Please, The Fan Club, fix it on will.

I am writing it here because sadly I have no permission to submit the contact form on maintainer's pages :-/

středa 29. července 2015

CUPS backends not found after upgrade

Recently I upgraded CUPS package in my Debian. The version is now 2.0.3-10 but maybe it is not relevant. After the upgrade I had encountered a printing problem: the defined printers were not present in list. OK, I had to reinstall all the CUPS and related packages (foomatic, hplip, ...) - unfortunately I don't know which all. When all this pain was done, I was able to see the printers in the list once again. BUT: the window showing the printers said:
Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/socket does not exist!
Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp does not exist!
Google around for couple of hours and tried many different solutions. Finally I found this thread and that was it. No permission setting on /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp or parent directories was necessary. Only to invoke this command under root:
cupsenable Canon-iR-ADV-C5235-5240
Post mortem I realized, that the strange scratches through the printer icon (see the image) were not the error of the graphics driver but notification about CUPS disabled device.

Now I am about to find why the printer manager window freezes when I try to click on printer properties :)

By the way, the folder /usr/lib/cups/backend should have the proper rights:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 lis 16 16:06 /usr/lib/cups/backend