http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3401
Product: drakxtools Component: printerdrake Summary: PrinterDrake duplicates installations Version: 9.1-26mdk Platform: PC OS/Version: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: major Priority: P2 AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I am new to Linux in generel and Mandrake specifically. It is the first time i am entering a bugzilla report, so please bear with me. I may also be doing something wrong, simply because i am new to the software. Even if that is so, the software needs to be further simplified to prevent those problems. I have been trying 9.1rc2 recently and really like what I see. All the most important periperals were recognized automatically. There is one big problem for me though: There does not seem to be a clear way to install a network printer at the beginning. I am using a Xerox (sometimes called Tektronix) Phaser 860 directly on the ethernet. The OS did recognize my HP 45T on the parallel port correctly. Later I did try to install the Phaser via printerdrake. Every time the system automatically looks for attached printers and finds the HP 45T and also installs again. In the meantime - kept trying - I have 6 installations of the HP 45T printer but still no phaser. The system only appears to be looking for parallel and possibly USB printers but leaves the network printers out. Once it has found the printer it autoimatically goes back to the icon of printerdrake, there is no pssibility to choose to install ot to discard. Does anybody have an answer, the new distro seems so nice and I am keen on using it but cannot without the printer solution. Please let me know, if you need further info. Dietmar ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.