jaunty cups documentation appears incorrect

Bug #380836 reported by cmroanirgo
24
This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Connor Imes

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs

On a fresh install of jaunty (9.04), the commands listed in https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/cups.html do not work.

1.
$ sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
/etc/init.d/cupsys: command not found

Should this be changed to
$ sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart

2.
Mention is made of a non-existant file: /etc/cups/cups.d/ports.conf

3. Some mention should be made to allow web administration.

Related branches

Connor Imes (ckimes)
Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Connor Imes (rocket2dmn)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Connor Imes (ckimes) wrote :

I marked bug 400990 as a duplicate of this, and used the contents of that patch to fix your first point. I hadn't noticed this bug report at the time I wrote the patch for that bug earlier today.

As it turns out, your second comment doesn't require changing the file path, the contents of that ports.conf file seem to have been merged with the main config file, cupsd.conf. I've removed that line, and reorganized that part of the page a bit which makes the diff look a little larger than it actually is.

I also made a mention of the web console in a new section called "Web Interface" which can be expanded on if somebody would like to take on that task.

Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Triaged
tags: added: patch serverguide
Revision history for this message
Dougie Richardson (dougierichardson) wrote :

Pushed this patch and re-bound my branch. Should have actually been pushed this time.

Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-docs - 9.10.4

---------------
ubuntu-docs (9.10.4) karmic; urgency=low

  * General:
    - Updating version numbers for 9.10/Karmic
    - Refresh pot files
  * About-ubuntu:
    - reword first sentence to clarify system version number, LP: #395905
  * Internet:
    - Replace Pidgin with Empathy, now default IM app in Karmic
    - typo, LP: #414153
  * Serverguide:
    - Update correct command for restarting cups, Dougie Richardson, LP: #380836
    - New Jabberd2 section, Adam Sommer
    - New OpenVPN chapter, Adam Sommer
    - Typo, LP: #414605

 -- Matthew East <email address hidden> Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:30:56 +0100

Changed in ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Geir Hauge (geir-hauge) wrote :

https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/cups.html is still wrong. Will this page ever be corrected with the above patch?

Revision history for this message
Connor Imes (ckimes) wrote :

Geir, this was fixed in the documentation for Karmic, but there aren't any plans to do a Stable Release Update [1] for Jaunty as I don't think it meets the SRU requirements.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

If after reading that link you feel otherwise, please feel free to say so and we will take another look at it.

To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Duplicates of this bug

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.