Re: [expert] Fw: Fw: Yet another printing question

2001-12-25 Thread William Bouterse
Have you tried; http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hcups0.html Cups continues to be a love/hate relationship with Mandrake users It works for me most every time since its implementation... However some have had better luck with. TurboPrint for Linux http://www.turboprint.de The free vers

Re: [expert] Fw: Fw: Yet another printing question

2001-12-23 Thread Oscar
Tell us: ls -l /dev/lp* (and symlinks) ls -l /usr/bin/lp* (and symlinks) ls -l /etc/printcap cat /etc/printcap cat /var/log/lpr/errors, info, warnings ls > /dev/lp0 (work?) try lpr -P(printer) (work?) ps -ax | grep lpd lpc status Did you run lilo after adding devfs=nomount to lilo.conf? ¿exist th

Re: [expert] Fw: Fw: Yet another printing question

2001-12-22 Thread robfleet
Oscar, Many thanks for the time you are taking on this. Yes, the owner of /usr/bin/lpq, lpr and lprm is lp:lp. Same with /dev/lp0. No. I cannot print as root. Rob - On 22 Dec 2001 19:55:48 +0100 Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |Mmm... |The owner of /usr/bin/lpq

Re: [expert] Fw: Fw: Yet another printing question

2001-12-22 Thread Oscar
Mmm... The owner of /usr/bin/lpq, lpr and lprm (or symlinked programs) must be lp:lp The owner of /dev/lp0 must be lp:lp, too. Is it correct? And, can you print as root? Saludos, óscar. El sáb, 22-12-2001 a las 19:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > The error message I get when selecting LPRng in p

Re: [expert] Fw: Fw: Yet another printing question

2001-12-22 Thread robfleet
The error message I get when selecting LPRng in printerdrake as root is (appears in the console): "cannot start lp device 'dev/lp0 - Permission denied" The security level on my system is low. Yes, I downloaded the ISOs for the three CDs. Everything else installed correctly and works fine. Ro

Re: [expert] Fw: Fw: Yet another printing question

2001-12-22 Thread Oscar
Hi, Try it (only a suggestion): As root, run printerdrake. Delete your printer if it's present. Reboot. As root, run printerdrake. Change printerdrake to expert mode. Change the print system to LPRng. Add your printer. Print the test page. If no page is printed, tell us the exact error message. By

Re: [expert] Fw: Fw: Yet another printing question

2001-12-22 Thread robfleet
Yes, Ed. I understand this is not Mandrake Support. append=" devfs=nomount wrote: |so, Rob, just to be sure you understand, this is NO

Re: [expert] Fw: Fw: Yet another printing question

2001-12-22 Thread Ed Tharp
so, Rob, just to be sure you understand, this is NOT mandrake - support. this is a group of folks that are working on getting there own linux boxes the way they want, and since that has required a learning process, some have decided to hang around and offer up what little gems they "think" they

[expert] Fw: Fw: Yet another printing question

2001-12-21 Thread robfleet
Greetings once again, Well, suffice it to say, no one has chimed in with any suggestions yet. I have another clue which my eyes noticed during the boot process last night, for what it's worth. Don't know if this means anything since I had problems configuring printing during the reinstall/up