On Thursday 25 January 2007 09:36, Hylton Conacher(ZR1HPC) wrote:
I am almost in the process of setting up OpenSUSE 10.2 with a VM of Windows XP. Attached to the PC is a printer. Which printer? Configured native to linux as CUPS? Parallel, USB ? The printer works flawlessly on Windows but has its moments on Linux, probably due to configuration errors. I don't believe that. There is no way that this printer works flawlessly within the VM, but does not work native... what do you mean by, "has its moments"?
I could repair the configuration errors That would be my recommendation.
but I am wondering if their is not an easier way There is never an easier way than identifying and fixing the direct problem.
ie would I be able to use the VM Windows printer from Linux? Would the printer have to be Linux certified at all or can the printer be OS specific(Windows) The printer is attached locally (parallel, usb) to the hardware which is owned and managed by Linux. The best way is to correctly configure the pritner (CUPS) and then access that printer from the windoze VM via cups. There really is no logical difference between a win VM accessing the linux printer via the cups server and a real win machine accessing the linux printer on the network via the cups server. The thing technology is avoiding is having two owners competing for the management of the hardware. The Linux kernel owns the hardware port, users get to send stuff to the port via the CUPS server, and the win VM is just another user.
I.t.o. configuration would it be easier to setup printing to a VM specific printer or to a printer thatwhich would be compatible to both Os's? See above.
Just for my own curiosity, why do you run a win VM in the first place? I mean I can see running a win VM (if you must run win at all) so that when win crashes you can easily restart it without rebooting the whole machine... but really... just a gentle question here... why waste the machine overhead running the likes of win? -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org