On Monday 02 April 2007 18:47, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Doug McGarrett [01-01-70 11:34]:

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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.

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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.

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On Monday 02 April 2007 21:46, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Doug McGarrett [04-02-07 20:32]: [...]

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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.

come on, you've been using SUSE/openSUSE linux for a long time.

rpm -q cups

Of course it should have been obvious that rpm would lead to the version. The version it reports is 1.1.23-7.6

lppasswd is your problem

man lppasswd

I have read man lppasswd but I don't know what to do next. It would appear from the error message that the username is doug, but it says on localhost, and the man lppasswd refers to cups, not localhost, or am I still missing something? If I go to KJobViewer, I can delete everything queued but KDE Print System and KDE Print Test, which are owned by root. If I could find those files in a directory (where is it and what's it called?) I might be able to su and delete them also, and then maybe the system might work, I don't know.

or search the opensuse list archives. It has been mentioned/described *many* times.

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On Tuesday 03 April 2007 18:50, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Doug McGarrett [04-03-07 18:22]:

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On Monday 02 April 2007 21:46, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Doug McGarrett [04-02-07 20:32]: [...]

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I have read man lppasswd but I don't know what to do next. It would appear from the error message that the username is doug, but it says on localhost, and the man lppasswd refers to cups, not localhost, or am I still missing something?

yes, you are missing something. From 'man lppasswd':

DESCRIPTION lppasswd adds, changes, or deletes passwords in the CUPS digest password file, passwd.md5. When run by a normal user, lppasswd will prompt for the old and new passwords. When run by the super-user, lppasswd can add new accounts (-a username), change existing accounts (username), or delete accounts (-x username) in the digest password file. Digest usernames do not have to match local UNIX user‐ names.

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SEE ALSO lp(1), lpr(1), http://localhost:631/help

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If I go to KJobViewer, I can delete everything queued but KDE Print System and KDE Print Test, which are owned by root. If I could find those files in a directory (where is it and what's it called?) I might be able to su and delete them also, and then maybe the system might work, I don't know.

did you try KJobViewer as root ?? Root would own root's jobs.

As root, cd /KJobViewer no such file or directory

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or search the opensuse list archives. It has been mentioned/described *many* times.

not tried, not interested ????

There are only three communications, and they did not seem helpful. Used Google: opensuse list archive lppasswd I am kind of desperate here. The XP machine may be down for the count, and the only thing sort of working is this Linux machine which I cannot print from, for no obvious reason--it was working fine, even tho only with the color printer, and all of a sudden, blooie! Is there anyone that anyone knows on eastern Long Island, NY that might be able to make this thing work? I suppose that I could wipe and reinstall, but I have about 4 MB of data--from this list--that I would like to keep, and no CD or DVD writer on the machine, and I'm a bit worried about trying to add one while everthing else is in flux. --doug

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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2007-04-03 at 21:17 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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not tried, not interested ????

There are only three communications, and they did not seem helpful. Used Google: opensuse list archive lppasswd

WHAT!!! First: THIS is the list archive where you have to look: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse And search there for the messages I told you by writer name. There is a search feature. Read this: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell it explains it all.

I am kind of desperate here. The XP machine may be down for the count, and the only thing sort of working is this Linux machine which I cannot print from, for no obvious reason--it was working fine, even tho only with the color printer, and all of a sudden, blooie!

Is there anyone that anyone knows on eastern Long Island, NY that might be able to make this thing work? I suppose that I could wipe and reinstall, but I have about 4 MB of data--from this list--that I would like to keep, and no CD or DVD writer on the machine, and I'm a bit worried about trying to add one while everthing else is in flux.

You do not listen. We already told you several times, several people, how to do it, you do not listen. First, define a password as explained already. No, not even root can enter without a new password for the printer: lppasswd -g sys -a some_admin_username Then, for instance, go to <http://localhost:631/ and simply tell your printer to print. Click, click. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGE27ltTMYHG2NR9URAmbsAJ4xgrDFESpV/CrNFYk/AZDOQWT2XQCfcJ+p Zj/S9f9nV9WIkQLmpeLiE3I= =m2q9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Doug McGarrett wrote:

On Wednesday 04 April 2007 05:24, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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The Tuesday 2007-04-03 at 21:17 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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not tried, not interested ???? There are only three communications, and they did not seem helpful. Used Google: opensuse list archive lppasswd WHAT!!!

First: THIS is the list archive where you have to look:

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse

And search there for the messages I told you by writer name. There is a search feature.

Read this:

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell

it explains it all.

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I am kind of desperate here. The XP machine may be down for the count, and the only thing sort of working is this Linux machine which I cannot print from, for no obvious reason--it was working fine, even tho only with the color printer, and all of a sudden, blooie!

Is there anyone that anyone knows on eastern Long Island, NY that might be able to make this thing work? I suppose that I could wipe and reinstall, but I have about 4 MB of data--from this list--that I would like to keep, and no CD or DVD writer on the machine, and I'm a bit worried about trying to add one while everthing else is in flux. You do not listen.

We already told you several times, several people, how to do it, you do not listen.

First, define a password as explained already. No, not even root can enter without a new password for the printer:

lppasswd -g sys -a some_admin_username

Then, for instance, go to

<http://localhost:631/

and simply tell your printer to print. Click, click.

-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.

I did what you said. I don't know if the pasword really changed or not, but the command http://localhost:611/ produces the reply No such file or directory (running from su root)

--doug If you notice your reply uses port 611. It is suppose to be 631. I would also suggest that you list your steps and the results from the command.

Do you have the cups packages loaded? When you execute the lppasswd as root? Is the cups demon running? Just stating what happen is pretty useless in diagnosing your prblem. -- Joseph Loo jloo@acm.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Friday 06 April 2007 22:11, Kenneth Schneider wrote:

On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 20:16 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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On Wednesday 04 April 2007 05:24, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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You do not listen.

We already told you several times, several people, how to do it, you do not listen.

First, define a password as explained already. No, not even root can enter without a new password for the printer:

lppasswd -g sys -a some_admin_username

Then, for instance, go to

<http://localhost:631/

and simply tell your printer to print. Click, click.

I did what you said. I don't know if the pasword really changed or not, but the command http://localhost:611/ produces the reply No such file or directory (running from su root)

http://localhost:631 is not a command it is a web address you enter into your web browser to access the configuration pages for printers. Enter the username/password you set in the lppasswd command to enter admin mode.

-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998

OK, I corrected the number to 631. It seemed to accept my password, but it wouldn't print anything--not the stuff stuck in the queue, or a test. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2007-04-07 at 01:59 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:

Well, the password thing seemed not to have worked. When I went to the print manager, and it asked for a password, it burped and said it didn't recognise the pw. I gave it the pw that I put in in the lppasswd dialog, that you provided above.

And the same user you gave it? It doesn't need to be root. Check the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf for who is allowed access. It has comments. For instance: AuthType BasicDigest AuthClass Group AuthGroupName sys ## Restrict access to local domain Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1

Why in hell Linux needs a password to print something that can be seen on the screen is absolutely beyond me. And why that password is different from the root pw is even further beyond me.

The password is not for printing. It is for altering printer configuration, for managing the printer. You can see the printers and the pending jobs without password. Why it must be different is explained in the docus and has been comented here on other ocassions - you are of course free to ignore that recomendation, sp if you don't network your cups server. Notice that you can administer the printer as user, too. No need to be root. You should simply click on the "printers" tab, look at your printer, where you might see something like this: lp "Paused" Description: default configuration Location: local Make and Model: Canon BJC-4000 Foomatic/bjc600 (recommended) Printer State: stopped, accepting jobs, published. Device URI: parallel:/dev/lp0 Print Test Page *Start Printer* Reject Jobs Move All Jobs Cancel All Jobs Unpublish Printer Modify Printer Set Printer Options Delete Printer Set As Default Set Allowed Users where I have shown the printer as stopped and I would have to click on "Start Printer" to print again. You can also go to the "Job" tabs, and list all pending or completed jobs. You might even reprint and old job. And you have a "Help" tab too. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGF3eOtTMYHG2NR9URAkT5AJ9TiWeF9mZAfP7v4ahk4F17v0BvigCeMBDb ckHLeipquQP32tMjG4X2rJE= =nE/P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 07 April 2007 22:25, Doug McGarrett wrote:

On Saturday 07 April 2007 06:50, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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The Saturday 2007-04-07 at 01:59 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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Well, the password thing seemed not to have worked. When I went to the print manager, and it asked for a password, it burped and said it didn't recognise the pw. I gave it the pw that I put in in the lppasswd dialog, that you provided above.

And the same user you gave it? It doesn't need to be root.

Check the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf for who is allowed access. It has comments.

From root: linux:etc # cups/cupsd.conf bash: cups/cupsd.conf: Permission denied

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For instance:

AuthType BasicDigest AuthClass Group AuthGroupName sys

## Restrict access to local domain Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1

-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.

Well, I think the trick was the cups reset. Something seems to have hung up, somewhere. It also didn't help that I changed the physical printer to another of the same kind, with an obviously different serial number. And a certain amount of black magic--iow, I got lucky. Something is wrong with the color rendition, but black comes out black, so that will do for a while. I still don't know how to get the LaserJet to print. Someone suggested setting it up as a different type (LJ4, for example) but I don't know how to make SuSE forget that I installed it as a 2200D. So thank you for all the folks that tried to help, and some of you did. There are obviously a bunch of things I still don't understand, like why I got a "permission denied" on cupsd.conf from root. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 23:09 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:

Well, I think the trick was the cups reset. Something seems to have hung up, somewhere. It also didn't help that I changed the physical printer to another of the same kind, with an obviously different serial number. And a certain amount of black magic--iow, I got lucky. Something is wrong with the color rendition, but black comes out black, so that will do for a while.

I still don't know how to get the LaserJet to print. Someone suggested setting it up as a different type (LJ4, for example) but I don't know how to make SuSE forget that I installed it as a 2200D.

There is no need to have openSUSE "forget" the printer, you only need to change the driver used. And like any OS used, you delete the printer to have the system "forget" it. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 07 April 2007 22:09, Doug McGarrett wrote: ....

So thank you for all the folks that tried to help, and some of you did. There are obviously a bunch of things I still don't understand, like why I got a "permission denied" on cupsd.conf from root.

Doug, for viewing and editing configuration files, as well for many other file management and administration tasks you will save yourself time on learning if you look at: http://en.opensuse.org/Midnight_Commander and for short list of useful features http://en.opensuse.org/Midnight_Commander/Tips There is a lot lesser to learn, most used features are shown in main window, lesser used are in menus. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Wednesday 04 April 2007 05:24, Carlos E. R. wrote:

The Tuesday 2007-04-03 at 21:17 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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not tried, not interested ????

There are only three communications, and they did not seem helpful. Used Google: opensuse list archive lppasswd

WHAT!!!

First: THIS is the list archive where you have to look:

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse

And search there for the messages I told you by writer name. There is a search feature.

Read this:

http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell

it explains it all.

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I am kind of desperate here. The XP machine may be down for the count, and the only thing sort of working is this Linux machine which I cannot print from, for no obvious reason--it was working fine, even tho only with the color printer, and all of a sudden, blooie!

Is there anyone that anyone knows on eastern Long Island, NY that might be able to make this thing work? I suppose that I could wipe and reinstall, but I have about 4 MB of data--from this list--that I would like to keep, and no CD or DVD writer on the machine, and I'm a bit worried about trying to add one while everthing else is in flux.

You do not listen.

We already told you several times, several people, how to do it, you do not listen.

First, define a password as explained already. No, not even root can enter without a new password for the printer:

lppasswd -g sys -a some_admin_username

Then, for instance, go to

<http://localhost:631/

and simply tell your printer to print. Click, click.

-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.

Well, I tried to input a new password. There was no indication that it didn't like it, but when I tried to make the printer output the protected files, it didn't recognise the password I had entered--6 aphlamerics, as requested, starting with a number and followed by 5 letters. Please somebody, tell me how to salvage this mess--in plain English, one step at a time. doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 07 April 2007 04:36, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:

Lørdag 07 april 2007 02:26 skrev Doug McGarrett:

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On Wednesday 04 April 2007 05:24, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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Please somebody, tell me how to salvage this mess--in plain English, one step at a time.

doug

HI Doug and list,

- let's do some stepwise debugging :-) - first, it doesn't hurt to repeat the lppasswd entry, making dead sure what one types in (as root):

lppasswd -g sys -a doug

Aster adding your user login name (above is assumed that your login name is doug) restart cups as root with: rccups restart to reread configuration. CUPS stores user authentication information as configuration settings. Generally, in Linux background processes (demons) read configuration on start. If configuration is changed, they have to be stopped and started again. This is not done automatically as multiuser systems are not designed to interrupt other folk that is using system without good reason (server malfunction), or system administrator approval. I guess that some authentication shema exists that allows password change on the fly, with instant access with new password, but I don't know can CUPS use such functionality.

Now fire up your browser, goto http://localhost:631

Select manage printers How many printers do you see? Are they green or red, what does their status say? ...

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Carlos E. R. wrote:

The Saturday 2007-04-07 at 06:43 -0500, Rajko M. wrote:

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lppasswd -g sys -a doug Aster adding your user login name (above is assumed that your login name is doug) restart cups as root with: rccups restart to reread configuration. CUPS stores user authentication information as configuration settings.

That is not necesary. I just added user "doug" to my system, and tried to "admin" a printer with that user (which is not a real user on my system). No problem, I just entered the user name "doug" and its new pasword and was allowed entry just fine. Then, I deleted "doug" and was denied entry.

There's an old Bulgarian saying: "The more you load the donkey with treasures the deeper it sinks into the moor." -- Jos van Kan registered Linux user #152704 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Saturday 07 April 2007 05:36, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote:

Lørdag 07 april 2007 02:26 skrev Doug McGarrett:

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On Wednesday 04 April 2007 05:24, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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Please somebody, tell me how to salvage this mess--in plain English, one step at a time.

doug

HI Doug and list,

- let's do some stepwise debugging :-) - first, it doesn't hurt to repeat the lppasswd entry, making dead sure what one types in (as root):

lppasswd -g sys -a doug

Now fire up your browser, goto http://localhost:631

Select manage printers How many printers do you see? Are they green or red, what does their status say?

/snip/ ------------------------------------

Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard

When I went to the localhost:631, I found an error message which said the printer , S/N thus and so. was not found. This makes sense, as this is a different printer of the same type. So I told the thing to delete the printer. Then I went back to the KDE printing manager, and found the old serial numbered printer still there, so I changed the s/n to the number on this printer. Then that gave some kind of error message about the port being wrong. It's the same USB port I have always used--I have no other USB devices. Anyway, I said continue anyway, but it would not print. I need to thoroughly cleanse the system of all printers, of any type or serial number and then start over. How do I do that? Thanx Verner, at least I seem to have discovered a few things-- all except an answer! --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sunday 08 April 2007 09:31, Carlos E. R. wrote:

The Saturday 2007-04-07 at 22:14 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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I need to thoroughly cleanse the system of all printers, of any type or serial number and then start over. How do I do that?

In cups, remove or delete printer. If kde doesn't notice, log out, log in.

-- Cheers, Carlos E. R. I don't mean to piggyback on this thread, but it seems easiest, and is not really OT.

Having had problems with printers in 9.3, which I intend to stay with until probably at least 6 months from now, I would like a recommendation for a low-cost laser that will absolutely work with this OS out of the box. I can use USB or parallel, whichever is more reliable. I am getting more and more frustrated with M/S and XP/SP2, and since I lost almost everything in a disk crash, now is the time to look more seriously at Linux, but I _must_ have working printing!!! (If I could install and get hplip to work, I might be able to use my big HP Laser, that used to work with 10.0, but I've had no luck doing that. Any help would be appreciated. Do I have to download a different copy that isn't on the floppies from someplace, and if so, where? And how? --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Monday 30 April 2007 06:46:09 pm Doug McGarrett wrote:

I don't mean to piggyback on this thread, but it seems easiest, and is not really OT.

Yeah....right...

Having had problems with printers in 9.3, which I intend to stay with until probably at least 6 months from now, I would like a recommendation for a low-cost laser that will absolutely work with this OS out of the box.

Well, my Epson CX3200 USB printer/scanner worked perfectly out of the box on 9.1 > 10.1. I've had no issues whatsoever. I have an HP 1380 at work (parallel) which works as well. My mom's got a HP somethingoranother printer and had an Epson RX300 before that. (It sucked up too much ink, though.)

I can use USB or parallel, whichever is more reliable. I am getting more and more frustrated with M/S and XP/SP2, and since I lost almost everything in a disk crash, now is the time to look more seriously at Linux, but I _must_ have working printing!!!

(If I could install and get hplip to work,

AFAIK, hplip only works on 10.0 or newer systems. I've not looked in awhile. It is a nice utility, tho.

I might be able to use my big HP Laser, that used to work with 10.0, but I've had no luck doing that. Any help would be appreciated. Do I have to download a different copy that isn't on the floppies from someplace, and if so, where? And how?

Dunno. By "big" do you mean an old HP LJIIIsi or a 9500hdn? -- kai Free Compean and Ramos http://www.grassfire.org/142/petition.asp http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/46 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Monday 30 April 2007 20:53, Doug McGarrett wrote:

On Monday 30 April 2007 23:07, Kai Ponte wrote:

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On Monday 30 April 2007 06:46:09 pm Doug McGarrett wrote:

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I don't mean to piggyback on this thread, but it seems easiest, and is not really OT.

Yeah....right...

I don't know who jane curtian might be, sorry--

SNL. Late 70s, early 80s. 3rd Rock From The Sun, late 90s. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004852/ RRS -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Monday 30 April 2007 08:53:37 pm Doug McGarrett wrote:

On Monday 30 April 2007 23:07, Kai Ponte wrote:

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On Monday 30 April 2007 06:46:09 pm Doug McGarrett wrote:

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I don't mean to piggyback on this thread, but it seems easiest, and is not really OT.

Yeah....right...

I don't know who jane curtian might be, sorry--

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Curtin Sorry for the bad spelling. She is an actress who used to play a very sarcastic character on the US Show, Saturday Night Live, during the 1970s.

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Having had problems with printers in 9.3, which I intend to stay with until probably at least 6 months from now, I would like a recommendation for a low-cost laser that will absolutely work with this OS out of the box.

Well, my Epson CX3200 USB printer/scanner worked perfectly out of the box on 9.1 > 10.1. I've had no issues whatsoever. I have an HP 1380 at work (parallel) which works as well.

My mom's got a HP somethingoranother printer and had an Epson RX300 before that. (It sucked up too much ink, though.)

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I can use USB or parallel, whichever is more reliable. I am getting more and more frustrated with M/S and XP/SP2, and since I lost almost everything in a disk crash, now is the time to look more seriously at Linux, but I _must_ have working printing!!!

(If I could install and get hplip to work,

AFAIK, hplip only works on 10.0 or newer systems. I've not looked in awhile. It is a nice utility, tho.

Maybe that's why I can't get the LJ 2200 to work on 9.3. It tries, but won't. And hplip is not loaded, and apparently won't.

Keep in mind that printer drivers and port (usb/parallel) support has come a long way since 9.3. I noticed a huge improvement in 10.1, when they finally got the USB synching thingy fixed.

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I might be able to use my big HP Laser, that used to work with 10.0, but I've had no luck doing that. Any help would be appreciated. Do I have to download a different copy that isn't on the floppies from someplace, and if so, where? And how?

Dunno. By "big" do you mean an old HP LJIIIsi or a 9500hdn?

Well it's about that big, and does wonderful printing, just not from 9.3. For the mention from someone before about color lasers, I don't have the resources to support supplies, and I rather seldom have the need for color output.

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On Monday 30 April 2007 18:46, Doug McGarrett wrote:

(If I could install and get hplip to work, I might be able to use my big HP Laser, that used to work with 10.0, but I've had no luck doing that. Any help would be appreciated. Do I have to download a different copy that isn't on the floppies from someplace, and if so, where? And how?

--doug

I never had good things to say about all in one hardware, but you might look at the HPLIP stuff on sourceforge. http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ Bob. -- bob@rsmits.ca -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2007-04-03 at 18:21 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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lppasswd is your problem

man lppasswd

I have read man lppasswd but I don't know what to do next. It would appear from the error message that the username is doug, but it says on localhost, and the man lppasswd refers to cups, not localhost, or am I still missing something?

Yesterday I sent you some links that explain all this in detail. The cups system uses different passwords from the linux system, and till you add a password a user is denied access to control the printer. Not even root can access till he has defined a password for cups for his use (different from the one for the system, preferably). All these passwords are defined using lppasswd.

If I go to KJobViewer, I can delete everything queued but KDE Print System and KDE Print Test, which are owned by root. If I could find those files in a directory (where is it and what's it called?) I might be able to su and delete them also, and then maybe the system might work, I don't know.

You do not need to know where are those files stored, nor would that help you much. You simply tell root to remove those print jobs, using "lprm" or the web interface in http://localhost:631/, as I told you yesterday. Try! I can't believe that you haven't used that interface yet in all this time.

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or search the opensuse list archives. It has been mentioned/described *many* times.

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