Well, no FUD meant. If your printcap states do not edit manually, then there might be a problem. I know I had this problem with Redhat. Joel
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:36:19PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote: > On 08/13/03 17:28, Joel Hammer wrote: > > > As I recall, with redhat( 7.2 ?), out of the box, there was a big > > warning in printcap to make no changes in the printcap file, since it > > was generated fresh every time something started up, I think the system > > or the printing daemon. I think that the configuration program ran > > automatically. You weren't given a choice about it. I had to manually > > disable the thing. > > > > That is the sort of messing around I just won't tolerate. It makes a > > linux distro incompatible with every other version of linux. It makes > > offering good, generic advice impossible. It makes life miserable for > > newbies. It frustrates experienced users, who are asked yet again to > > master some obscure but crucial details of an important but difficult > > subsystem like printing, one that they thought they had under control. > > > > Just one reason why I stopped using Redhat. > > I never ran into anything like when using RH-7.2. THe *only* mention i see > in the RH-7.2 release notes of anything remotely close to what you're > describing is: > The printconf-tui program can clear settings completely. For example: > printconf-tui --Xclear > > Unless you've got a documented source for this behavior, please don't start > FUD. > > > > > Joel > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 04:44:56PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote: > > > >>On 08/13/03 16:38, Joel Hammer wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Be careful. Some of the more advanced printing programs like to overwrite > >>>your manual printcap file from time to time. Redhat would do that, > >>>as I recall. > >> > >>No it didn't, unless of course you ran redhat-print-config. Of course if > >>you're running redhat-print-config, it has to overwrite your printcap or > >>there'd be no point in running it. > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com > > 5:35pm up 29 days, 20:16, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.14, 0.27 > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
