[newbie] lpr problem in 9.2
Another printing problem. Running Mandrake 9.2 with on my new laptop (plug from EmperorLinux /plug). OpenOffice.org prints a document without problems, the test page comes out fine, but trying to output a PostScript file with lpr produces a page which is approximately 60% of the required size, something which did not happen on my desktop system under 9.1. I tinkered with the -o scaling=% value option to lpr but this was totally ignored. Does anybody know if there is a solution for this? As an aside, the localhost:631 interface allows root to modify a printer but not to configure it - the latter raises a server error (? CUPS ?). -- Len Lawrence Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lpr problem
Erik Farnsworth wrote: Robin, I'm not sure this is the definitive answer, but I overcame the problem by adding my user account to the group 'lp' in ConfigOtheruserdrake--erikeditgroups. Now all programs are willing to print for user erik. This didn't do it, but changing from CUPS to PDQ did, so it must be a CUPS problem. Thanks anyway! Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] lpr problem
It turned out my OO problem seems to be a problem with the way it calls lpr - Mozilla does the same. LyX and Kwrite work fine for a normal user, but OO and Moz will still only print as root. When opened from a terminal, OO gives the error lpr: unable to create temporary file. Any idea what's causing this? /tmp is full of files created by LyX but not OO, as far as I can tell. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lpr problem
Robin, I'm not sure this is the definitive answer, but I overcame the problem by adding my user account to the group 'lp' in ConfigOtheruserdrake--erikeditgroups. Now all programs are willing to print for user erik. HTH. On Wed, 2002-12-25 at 09:27, robin wrote: It turned out my OO problem seems to be a problem with the way it calls lpr - Mozilla does the same. LyX and Kwrite work fine for a normal user, but OO and Moz will still only print as root. When opened from a terminal, OO gives the error lpr: unable to create temporary file. Any idea what's causing this? /tmp is full of files created by LyX but not OO, as far as I can tell. Sir Robin -- Erik Linux User 288105 @ http://counter.li.org = Bill who? ... Micro what? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
