[solved] 32bit printer driver under 64 bit Gentoo

toralf · Last edited by toralf on Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:19 pm; edited 1 time in total

I switched from x86 to amd64 and boing (naivly) wondering, if I would have any chance to get a Lexmark Z610 running again with the older drivers.
libstc++-v3 is already installed, but I do get this now :

tclover · Guru Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 516

Of course you can, you certainly have to make sure that abi_x86_32 libraries are available for that backend.
Where are you getting that backend in the first place? Because you will have more than cups[abi_x86_32]
to deal with.
Are you using ~arch or stable? I have no idea on the state of multilib abi_x86_32 on stable arch tough.
If you have an ebuild that installs that backend, you should convert/edit it to current multilib standard (the
easy way); or else, by trials and errors install everything with setting abi_x86_32 USE flag where necessary.

PS[EDIT]: Or else, you will have to get emul-linx-x86 packages instead... the old way which have arrived on
an end on Gentoo. This will banned in a near future...
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toralf · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 3:04 pm Post subject:

Well, the backend package is CJLZ600LE-CUPS-1.0-1.TAR.gz, published in 2003, and it is an adventure to unpack it - which is btw the whole installation step, so no ebuild. I unpacked it and then symlinked wherever needed. I I got finally once the printer to give feedback after a cups maintenance try (the printer made a carriage return).

/me wonders if setting ABI_X86=32 for the cupsd package would help somehow ?

Naib · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 3:54 pm Post subject:

As long as the drivers are not kernel drivers then yes with a multilib setup you can
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toralf · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 7:01 pm Post subject:

well, wth this https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Multilib_System_without_emul-linux_Packages#Apply_the_abi_x86_32_flag Imade now the next step, this works now: