On July 6, 2007 10:44:08 pm Robert Smits wrote:
I've just spent three very unproductive hours wrestling with a couple of printers on my SuSe 10.2 desktop.
(I've had both printers - a Brother HL-5140 and an HP-1220c connected via USB cables for a without any problem. Both printers print fine to Windows, and the Brother works fine for Linux. The HP-1220c prints a line or two of garbage and spits out the page, repeating on subsequent pages).
In 10.1 I did find it easier to configure my printers through CUPS than through YAST, but in 10.2 I can't get CUPS to enter a password at all.
I did manage to get the following dialog when I tried to enter a password:
BobsDesktop:~ # lppasswd -a rsmits greetings4950 Usage: lppasswd [-g groupname] [username] lppasswd [-g groupname] -a [username] lppasswd [-g groupname] -x [username] BobsDesktop:~ # lppasswd -g sys -a rsmits Enter password: Enter password again: BobsDesktop:~ # BobsDesktop:~ #
As root I can access cupsd.conf and edit it, but don't know what to change and the password.md5 file is empty.
I've tried everything I can think of to get CUPS to behave with no avail, and that includes switching from USB to Parallel ports, on both printers (one at a time) - it just will not let me add a password - even one for root.
YAST isn't any better. I can get the Brother Printer going but it's only mono, and I need my 1220C for large colour pictures. It worked just fine in 10.1.
In Yast, I've checked and they're both using different USB ports - and right now I even have the 1220C connected to a parallel port. I haven't got enough hair left to tear any out, but I feel like it.
As far as I can tell 10.2 just won't let me print to my 1220C.
Suggestions anyone?
-- Bob Smits Ph 250-245-2553 Fax 250-245-5531 E-mail bob@rsmits.ca
I'll follow up to myself, since I've made some progress today. I switched gui users to root, and logged into CUPS at localhost:631 with root and my root password, and I was in. I could make changes again! Why someone would make this kind of change without a help file telling you all this had changed from previous versions is beyond me. Now that I could get into CUPS I tried the first time to install the HP-1220C with the new Gutenberg driver - it seemed to install OK, but when I looked at the properties of the printer it didn't seem to realize it was connected as an LPT port. I turned the printer off, changed to a USB connection, and reinstalled the printer, and it finally worked. The only issues I have now are that printing from GIMP does not seem to work at all, for either of the printers - time to do more googling, I guess. Bob -- Bob Smits Ph 250-245-2553 Fax 250-245-5531 E-mail bob@rsmits.ca -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org