I would second the suggestion of getting rid of the system-config-printer. The little gnome dialog box just does not work for me. The functions don't seem to do anything. I too have to go to http://localhost:631/ to get printing to work when there is a problem. Also, using openOffice writer, from time to time, printing just does not work. I don't know who to blame on that, but I have submitted bugzilla reports several times over the last year, and the problems remain. Bob G On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:14:19 +0000, André Fettouhi wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On Tuesday 02 August 2005 08:06, Andr? Fettouhi wrote: >> > I am trying to add our network printer (HP Laserjet 4100) on my newly >> > installed FC4 box (P4 3.0 GHz). Adding the printer in itself is no >> > problem at it works afterwards without a problem. Now the problem is if >> > I shut down the PC or do a restart then I have to add it again. For some >> > reason FC4 doesn't remember it. Can anybody tell me why this is happening. >> >> Not sure what cause this, but I have had similar problem with >> system-config-printer in FC 4 too. It's really buggy IMO. I would set up a >> printer system-config-printer but it would not show up >> in /etc/cups/printers.conf (and in any application for that matter). >> >> Maybe try the following: >> 1. set up your printer >> 2. run this command from terminal: >> /usr/sbin/printconf-backend --force-rebuild >> 3. Restart cups : >> /sbin/service cups restart >> >> Then check to see if your printer is in /etc/cups/printers.conf: >> grep URI /etc/cups/printers.conf >> >> You should see your printer listed there. If it is, then you should be fine. >> >The time has come to upgrade our thinking about printers. Since we are >using cups system-config-printer needs to be put on the back shelf. >Go to the CUPS web interface http://localhost:631 and use it to >configure your printers. At the same time print pout the CUPS user and >CUPS system administrators documentation and learn how to use the >command line configuration tools of cups. > >I recently tried to configure a lab with 50 machines and a print-server >using system-config-printer. After screwing up royally I used the CUPS >interface and things worked out form the get go. > >Let me tell you one thing to convince you that this is the way to go. >You want to have a client to print to a print server. How do you do >it? You do nothing. Just print from the client and it finds the >server. > >I tried that twice now configuring the printer from the webhost >(http://localhost:631) but the result is still the same. >When I restart the printer is gone I checked printers.conf but it is >empty. Anybody know how add it manually in printers.conf? >If I don't find a solution soon I will file a bug report about cups and >system-config-printer. Could it be an issue with selinux? > >Kind Regards > >André Fettouhi > >-- > >======================================================================= >The wages of sin are unreported. >------------------------------------------- >Aaron Konstam >Computer Science >Trinity University >telephone: (210)-999-7484 > >-- >------------------------------------------------------- >Cand.Scient. André Fettouhi >Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen >II. Physikalisches Institut >Arbeitsgruppe Prof. Geissel >Heinrich-Buff-Ring 14 >Office: Raum 25 >D-35392 Giessen >Germany >Telephone: +49-641-99-33253 >Fax: +49-641-99-33239 >------------------------------------------------------- > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
