[newbie] printing trouble after upgrading to Cooker
OK, ran a urpmi --auto-select last night and updated lots of things. I needed to print something out of kword and although everything looks correct, nothing comes out of the printer. Cups is updated, I ran printerdrake, it's sending the test pages to the printer and then it just disappears into thin air. The parport modules are loaded and everything else seems fine - I don't think it's a kernel issue - although I have kernel-source for 2.4.21, the kernel rpm is still at 2.4.19. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printing trouble after upgrading to Cooker
On Sunday 16 March 2003 10:32 am, David E. Fox wrote: OK, ran a urpmi --auto-select last night and updated lots of things. I needed to print something out of kword and although everything looks correct, nothing comes out of the printer. Cups is updated, I ran printerdrake, it's sending the test pages to the printer and then it just disappears into thin air. The parport modules are loaded and everything else seems fine - I don't think it's a kernel issue - although I have kernel-source for 2.4.21, the kernel rpm is still at 2.4.19. You might check the permissions. I had mozilla quit working after a update and the /usr/bin/mozilla permissions had gone back to root. So I changed them to user and it works again. Cups may have the same problem although which package is called on print I am not sure. Maybe userdrake and add printer? HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printing trouble after upgrading to Cooker
On Sunday 16 Mar 2003 4:32 pm, David E. Fox wrote: OK, ran a urpmi --auto-select last night and updated lots of things. I needed to print something out of kword and although everything looks correct, nothing comes out of the printer. Cups is updated, I ran printerdrake, it's sending the test pages to the printer and then it just disappears into thin air. The parport modules are loaded and everything else seems fine - I don't think it's a kernel issue - although I have kernel-source for 2.4.21, the kernel rpm is still at 2.4.19. What sort of printer do you have? The last update of printer-utils broke operation with HP Deskjet 720 series. The fix is to edit /etc/pnm2ppa.conf and set the version parameter for your printer type. Mandrake 9.1 has been fixed so it should be OK. HTh derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printing trouble after upgrading to Cooker
What sort of printer do you have? The last update of printer-utils broke operation with HP Deskjet 720 series. Mine's a Canon BJC 250. The fix is to edit /etc/pnm2ppa.conf and set the version parameter for your printer type. No go on that - is that only for the dexkjet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printing trouble after upgrading to Cooker
You might check the permissions. I had mozilla quit working after a It doesn't seem to be a permissions issue as I've attempted to print the test pages manually as root using lpr. Same issue - the print job mysteriously disappears - gs is not started, and the lpq just tells me printer is idle. If I turn the printer off, lpc says the printer is ready. That's odd. I'm going to try removing the printer and then adding it back and see if that fixes things. Well, what do you know, that works :). Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printing trouble after upgrading to Cooker
On Sunday 16 Mar 2003 7:57 pm, David E. Fox wrote: What sort of printer do you have? The last update of printer-utils broke operation with HP Deskjet 720 series. Mine's a Canon BJC 250. The fix is to edit /etc/pnm2ppa.conf and set the version parameter for your printer type. No go on that - is that only for the dexkjet? Yes -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printing trouble after upgrading to Cooker
On Sunday 16 March 2003 09:07 pm, David E. Fox wrote: You might check the permissions. I had mozilla quit working after a It doesn't seem to be a permissions issue as I've attempted to print the test pages manually as root using lpr. Same issue - the print job mysteriously disappears - gs is not started, and the lpq just tells me printer is idle. If I turn the printer off, lpc says the printer is ready. That's odd. I'm going to try removing the printer and then adding it back and see if that fixes things. Well, what do you know, that works :). Dennis M. linux user #180842 This rings a bell for me : recently I got a new HP 3820 as a very cheap replacement for my HP 930c (which my kids stole) and had a frustrating experience to get the damned thing working under 9.0. Finally, before giving up and returning the bastard, I used webmin. Voila - succes ! Try webmin. Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.0 - kernel 2.4.19.24 Brought to you from my 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
