Changeset 1538

Timestamp:

06/11/04 10:16:03 (20 years ago)

Author:

jalet

Message:

More exceptions catched in case of very early failure.

Location:

pykota/trunk

Files:

• FAQ (modified) (3 diffs)
• pykota/tool.py (modified) (2 diffs)

pykota/trunk/FAQ

@@ -11 +11 @@
     have to modify it. See the rest of this document to
     learn how to really diagnose what went wrong.
+    
+  * How can I diagnose the problem when something goes wrong ?
+  
+    Put "LogLevel debug2" in cupsd.conf (usually in /etc/cups/).
+    Then put "logger: stderr", "debug: yes" and 
+    "crashrecipient: youremailaddress" in /etc/pykota/pykota.conf.
+    Finally restart CUPS.
+    CUPS' error_log file will now contain many informations which
+    will help diagnose your problem. You will receive failure
+    notices by email, and you can send all this to us for
+    diagnostic.
   
   * Why doesn't CUPS under Debian Woody automatically
@@ -48 +59 @@
   
     In PyKota, the term 'dumb printer' defines a printer which doesn't 
-    understand PostScript AND doesn't have an internal page counter, AND 
-    for which you don't know how to compute a job's size in number of 
-    pages by analyzing its content. Any printer which is not a
-    'dumb printer' according to the above definition is supported 
-    with PyKota.
+    understand PostScript or PCL5 AND doesn't have an internal page 
+    counter, AND for which you don't know how to compute a job's size 
+    in number of pages by analyzing its content. Any printer which 
+    is not a 'dumb printer' according to the above definition is 
+    supported by PyKota.
 
   * How can I make PyKota work with my non-postscript printer under 
@@ -85 +96 @@
     needs to be updated to new PyKota functionnalities, because it
     currently lacks.
-    
-  * How can I diagnose the problem when something goes wrong ?
-  
-    Put "LogLevel debug2" in cupsd.conf (usually in /etc/cups/).
-    Then put "logger: system" and "debug: yes" in 
-    /etc/pykota/pykota.conf.
-    Finally restart CUPS.
-    CUPS' error_log file will now contain many informations which
-    will help diagnose your problem. Also your syslog's output for 
-    the LPR facility (usually /var/log/lpr.log) will contain 
-    PyKota's debug messages, notably all database related queries
-    and their result, be your database PostgreSQL or OpenLDAP.
-    With these two files the problem can usually be diagnosed within
-    minutes. Send them to the mailing list and wait for an answer.
     
   * How can I share print quota between some printers only (not all) ?   

pykota/trunk/pykota/tool.py

@@ -22 +22 @@
 #
 # $Log$
+# Revision 1.100  2004/06/11 08:16:03  jalet
+# More exceptions catched in case of very early failure.
+#
 # Revision 1.99  2004/06/11 07:07:38  jalet
 # Now detects and logs configuration syntax errors instead of failing without
@@ -873 +876 @@
             self.username = self.username.lower()
         self.preserveinputfile = self.inputfile 
-        self.accounter = accounter.openAccounter(self)
+        try :
+            self.accounter = accounter.openAccounter(self)
+        except accounter.PyKotaAccounterError, msg :    
+            self.crashed(msg)
+            raise
         self.exportJobInfo()
         self.jobdatastream = self.openJobDataStream()