In the process of trying to get a new canon printer on my network, I managed to bork all of my printing abilities, including the ability to print from my old printer using USB. I believe that the easiest thing to do at this point would be to reinstall CUPS and reset all the cups-related user config files to default.
If I delete the cups folder in the root/etc directory, then reinstall cups, would those files get recreated with the defaults so I could start fresh? Is there a better way?
I am not quite a newbie to linux, but clearly I know just enough to get myself in trouble.
(In case you need to know, I am unable to get to cups using the localhost option, and any attempt to reach the printers using the GUI results in a āprint service unavailable, bad file descripterā message.
the system log shows it reaches the printer, then a bunch of attempts to get CUPs started, ending in failure.
example: 9/7/20 9:21 AM systemd org.cups.cupsd.service: Failed with result āprotocolā.)
You will still have config files left over, I would start to look for all files / folders within your hidden /home folders and delete anything linked to cups.
I am having the problem that I am unable to delete related files in dolphin, even though I am logged in with admin privileges. I used to get a prompt for a password, but now any option for moving, deleting, renaming any root file is greyed out. Web searching led me to some old posts about how dolphin doesnāt let you do root, but those were three years ago. Surely this has been fixed and Iām just missing something? How do I get around this?
I tried skipping that step, but it seems that the problem is being caused by something in those root level config files in etc/cups., and dolphin wont let me touch them. (Itās giving me windows flashbacks!)
Edit: it appears editing root directories are impossible now in KDE? Since there appears no other way to delete/replace the cups config files that seem to be causing my problems, I am now in the process of backing up my personal files so I can reinstall all of Manjaro. Sigh. Thank you again for your help, though!
Use a terminal window and apply the ārmā command. If you are not familar with the syntax you can check the manual by āman rmā. If you combine it with sudo itās usually deleting your targets. Be careful with ā*" and "-rā option to avoid deleting files you actally want to keep. Best is to remove the files - file by file and not recursive (uunless there are too many filesā¦ )
Thanks, I saw this on the web abd tried it, but it kept telling me no such file or directory existed. Iāll try once more before giving up.
YAY that time it worked, I was able to remove the config files! Iād already started backing up my home files, though, so I think I will finish that and then try once again to reinstall Manjaro printer/cups. Thank you again for all of your help!
UPDATE: that did it! Thank you so much!!! Ive never been so happy to be back at square one.