--- Till Kamppeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my tests I have done full installations (no > updates, I have the home > dir in a separate partition and not much > non-Mandrake software added to > my systems, in addition most tests were done on a > dedicated test > machine) and there the "LANG" variable is set to > "en_US" which makes > printerdrake behaving correctly. Try "localedrake" > to fix the setting.
I ran localedrake and chose US. I then retried printerdrake and continue to have it default to A4. > SI Reasoning wrote: > > > --- Till Kamppeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>The A4 problem does not occur for me (all set to > >>US). Can you open a > >>terminal window, get root, enter the "locale" > >>command and post its > >>output? > >> > > [sczjd@sidereal sczjd]$ locale > > LANG=en > > LC_CTYPE=en_US > > LC_NUMERIC=en_US > > LC_TIME=en_US > > LC_COLLATE=en_US > > LC_MONETARY=en_US > > LC_MESSAGES=en_US > > LC_PAPER="en" > > LC_NAME="en" > > LC_ADDRESS="en" > > LC_TELEPHONE="en" > > LC_MEASUREMENT="en" > > LC_IDENTIFICATION="en" > > LC_ALL= > > > > > > > > Can you also start "printerdrake" out of > > > >>this terminal window > >>and see whether the problem still persists? If you > >>have started > >>Printerdrake or the MCC from the menues, wahat are > >>the language settings > >>of your desktop environment/window manager? > >> > > The window manager I used was Fluxbox and I could > find > > no language setting.... so maybe that is the > problem. > > There were no useful messages on the terminal > window. > > I then tried KDE but it still defaulted to A4. > > Kcontrol shows the languallge as default (C), but > all > > of the settings are American (such as the dollar > sign, > > etc). One note is that this was a 8.1 box upgraded > to > > cooker. > > > > > >>Unfortunately, your printer is not better > supported > >>by free software > >>than how it works now. You need to install the > >>proprietary (but free of > >>charge) driver from www.lexmark.com to get high > >>printout quality. > >> > >> Till > >> > >> > >>SI Reasoning wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Printerdrake recognized the Lexmark Z32 as the > >>> > >>Z22. > >> > >>>Also, The printer has to be manually cleared > after > >>>each print job and the default setup chose A4 > >>> > >>paper as > >> > >>>the default which causes the demo to look > >>> > >>terrible. > >> > >>>This should recognize the keyboard (US = US > >>> > >>defaults, > >> > >>>etc) or some other way of recognizing the host > >>>country and use those defaults. > >>> > >> > > > > > > ===== > > SI Reasoning > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > A requirement of creativity is that it contributes > to change. Creativity keeps > > the creator alive. > > > > -FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage > > http://sports.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive. -FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/
