On 1/11/07, Chris (ePortel PC Systems) wrote:

Richard..thanks I read the article...but I'm very new to Linux and don't understand what this is " rm /var/lib/YaST2/printers

rm /var/lib/YaST2/ppd_db.ycp

and then try again with Yast. This should rebuild the printer database and allow you to get going again." What is this and where do I make the change? Chris

Start terminal window. Type: su <enter> enter your root password type: mv /var/lib/YaST2/ppd_db.ycp . (do not forget the dot). This will move the file to your home directory. Then start yast as usual. -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Ok Mike....that one takes the cake today! That worked. After everybody help me with the other issue I was having and I re installed all the drivers....the printer scanned no problem..but wouldn't print anything.....that HP toolbox..is great. I hate to seem so out of sync....but where is everybody getting all this information from? Thanks Mike, Chris Mike McMullin wrote:

On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 10:58 -0500, Chris (ePortel PC Systems) wrote:

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Hi everybody, I have a USB HP1210 PSC printer that was working fine copy, scan and print-+...then I open YAST and went to PRINTER and when the screen reaches "The list of installed drivers has changed. Building database of drivers" it reaches 4% and then freezes! After this I can't seem to do anything else but reboot. I also try to fix this booting into fail safe mode and entering YAST without the GUI....and get the same results.. Is there another way to clear the printer info....or conflicting data to start over...or am I looking at another reinstall of the OS?

OH I have two machines....and they both have this problem....and both were printing fine....I'm use the printer drive for this model from HP's site.

Thanks for any input on this issue.

Try using hp-toolbox on the command line.

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On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 12:48 -0500, Chris (ePortel PC Systems) wrote:

By the way...how did the hp-toolbox get there...does it come with 10.2? Chris

Chris (ePortel PC Systems) wrote:

It's also on 10.0. (please do not top post) -- 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 Thu, 2007-01-11 at 12:39 -0500, Chris (ePortel PC Systems) wrote:

Ok Mike....that one takes the cake today! That worked. After everybody help me with the other issue I was having and I re installed all the drivers....the printer scanned no problem..but wouldn't print anything.....that HP toolbox..is great. I hate to seem so out of sync....but where is everybody getting all this information from? Thanks Mike, Chris

Real life? Actually I've been working getting my own HP PSC device working under Linux SuSE10.0 Sled10, and Ubuntu <- the easiest of all actually. Google has helped a great deal, so has Marcus.

Mike McMullin wrote:

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On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 10:58 -0500, Chris (ePortel PC Systems) wrote:

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Hi everybody, I have a USB HP1210 PSC printer that was working fine copy, scan and print-+...then I open YAST and went to PRINTER and when the screen reaches "The list of installed drivers has changed. Building database of drivers" it reaches 4% and then freezes! After this I can't seem to do anything else but reboot. I also try to fix this booting into fail safe mode and entering YAST without the GUI....and get the same results.. Is there another way to clear the printer info....or conflicting data to start over...or am I looking at another reinstall of the OS?

OH I have two machines....and they both have this problem....and both were printing fine....I'm use the printer drive for this model from HP's site.

Thanks for any input on this issue.

Try using hp-toolbox on the command line.

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On Friday 12 January 2007 05:30, Johannes Meixner wrote:

Hello,

On Jan 11 12:39 Chris (ePortel PC Systems) wrote (shortened):

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the printer scanned no problem..but wouldn't print anything

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I have a USB HP1210 PSC printer that was working fine copy, scan and print-+...

As it did print before I guess that the print queue got disabled because of whatever failure which happend in between, see http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell "The Backends" I.e. check with lpstat -p if the queue is "disabled" and if yes, do cupsenable <queue-name>

If this doesn't help try to remove the print queue and re-add it with YaST.

If this also doesn't help try to remove the print queue with YaST and re-add it with "hp-setup".

By the way: Since CUPS 1.2 there is the so called "error policy" to define what the cupsd should do for a particular queue if its associated backend exits with exit code 1 (CUPS_BACKEND_FAILED), see the CUPS documentation http://localhost:631/help/ref-printers-conf.html and http://localhost:631/help/man-backend.html

Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5 Mail: jsmeix@suse.de 90409 Nuernberg, Germany WWW: http://www.suse.de/

I think there may be some kind of glitch in the CUPS routine, but what, I couldn't say. I had a HP970Cxi working fine for a week or so, but then there was a problem reported with an ink cartridge, which I replaced. At that point, the printer was recognized, but would not print. To make a long story short, I removed the printer driver, and with the assistance of one of the kind contributors to this list, I managed to get CUPS to let me install a password--why that should be necessary for a printer queue, I don't know--especially since it didn't ask for one the first time--but then I went thru the YaST install again, and the printer is now--crossed-fingers--working again. When it's working, BTW, it works well. After previous experience (on Windows) with an Epson, I am convinced to use HP. The difference is in the ink delivery. With HP, the nozzles are in the cartridge, and if they clog up, you throw out the cartridge and buy another. With the Epson, you throw out the printer and buy another! --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Fred A. Miller wrote:

On Thursday January 11 2007 10:58 am, Chris (ePortel PC Systems) wrote:

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Hi everybody, I have a USB HP1210 PSC printer that was working fine copy, scan and print-+...then I open YAST and went to PRINTER and when the screen reaches "The list of installed drivers has changed. Building database of drivers" it reaches 4% and then freezes! After this I can't seem to do anything else but reboot. I also try to fix this booting into fail safe mode and entering YAST without the GUI....and get the same results.. Is there another way to clear the printer info....or conflicting data to start over...or am I looking at another reinstall of the OS?

OH I have two machines....and they both have this problem....and both were printing fine....I'm use the printer drive for this model from HP's site.

Thanks for any input on this issue.

Maybe it's a Yast "thing." I have a client with the SAME problem getting his soud to work, which DID work in 10.1.

Fred

There was an update for cups but that didn't seem to help. Mine stops at 4% as well. -- roger http://www.terra2tarmac.com where do you ride? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org