On Monday 02 April 2007 18:47, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * Doug McGarrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [01-01-70 11:34]: > > HP 970Cxi, SuSE 9.3. Printer stopped printing after it ran out of paper. > > Yes, of course it has paper in it now. I have 2 of these printers, and > > neither one will print anymore, altho when I exchanged them, the system > > said "Found new hardware, do you want to configure it?" So I did, and it > > printed a test page. But now I can't seem to get back into the > > configuration, which must have some sort of problem, and the > > d....d Linux wants to open a wallet, whatever that means, and it > > wants a user name and a password, neither of which I know. (I never set > > up any wallet, or any password for that, as far as I recall.) This > > printer is connected via USB. Now what? > > you don't say which versin of cups (? <1.2) or openSUSE, but if cups > is less than 1.2, try: /usr/bin/enable <cups-printer-name>
I tried that, and was rewarded with "Password for doug on localhost?" I don't know what password it wants. I have tried all the passwords that I normally would use, and none of them work. Then it says: enable: Operation failed: client-error-not-authorized I don't know how to determine which version of CUPS is in use. Whatever came with Suse 9.3, I assume, unless YaST updated it along the way. > > The path is necessary as 'enable' is a bash built-in command with a > different function. > > > Second printer problem: I would be happy to use my Laserjet, but for > > some reason the configuration says that YaST didn't set up HPLIP--it > > would seem that it can't--and when I try to test the configuration the > > print light on the Laserjet starts to flash, but it doesn't print > > anything either. This printer is connected via parallel port. > > ?? > > -- > Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 > http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org > HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 > OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
