-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 23 Jul 2002 2:26 pm, Praedor Tempus wrote:
> Running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE 3.0.1... > > OK, this should be simple but I am finding it is not as simple as it should > be (SHAME on you KDE developers in particular). > > I want to delete a host of defunct printers (CUPS). I have tried running > kups and printerdrake and DrakConf. In no case am I given an option to > delete a printer. In kups, if I try to run it as superuser, it dies with > an inability to connect to the DCOP server or some crap, and I REFUSE to > logout and login as root to do this - this should flat-out not be required > EVER. > > In kups, the button that would otherwise permit the deletion of printers is > greyed out when I run it as user, which is apparently my only option. If I > run printerdrake, there is no option to delete printers, only add printers, > modify the printing system, etc (this appears to be an oversight by > Mandrake developers - that one might actually want/need to delete a printer > as well as add one). > > How does one go about deleting printers? Have you tried http://localhost:631/ (and logging in as root after clicking on the Administration button)? This gives you a rather nice Web interface and allows CUPS printers to be deleted from there. Alastair - -- Alastair Scott (London, United Kingdom) http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9PWMoXzGCRjP1DsMRAhMhAJ9zzfKolEegrmRBWkdsawUCDGA/OwCeJNnu UrZU7Sy8nlZF2qO5F7XaSOI= =ASj2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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