Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo rebuild, cups won't work

[Dale <dalek1967@bellsouth.net>]

Dave Jones wrote:
> Hi Kevin
>
> Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 27/01/08 19:58:
>   
>> I've installed cups and hplip.  I cannot follow the Gentoo printing 
>> guide, because that worthy document requires me to add hplip to the
>> default runlevel, but hplip does not put anything in /etc/init.d.  My
>> printer is an old HP Laserjet 4M, which I usually run as a Postscrpt
>> printer.
>>     
>
>   
>> What have I missed?
>>     
>
> Run hp-setup
>
> You'll probably need to rework your cups config files if you've retained
> them from the broken install.  hp-setup should enable local printing OK.
>
> /etc/init.d/hplip is no longer necessary with recent hplip ebuilds.
>
> Cheers, Dave
>   

And if it still gives you problems, delete /etc/cups then reemerge
cups.  I had to do that last part too. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 
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