On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 12:46:21PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 11:56 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 07 February 2006 08:50, Bengt Lindholm wrote: > > >System-config-printer / Cups= localhost:631 was configured at > > > > They are NOT interchangeable. Please ignore system-config-printer (its > > a known broken package) and use only the <http://localhost:631> web > > interface to do the configuration. Playing mix-n-match is a sure way > > to keep on having problems. > > > > >FC4-installation time to use A4 paper size and still is. > > > > Installation time for any FC uses system-config-printer. Remove, by > > hand, any /etc/printcap files you find and then use the web interface, > > which should work ok then. In fact, I use it as the homepage setting > > at launch for all the browsers I have installed. > ---- > the problem with advice like this is that some people will actually > accept this information without a grain of salt. I haven't a clue what > your definition of a 'known broken package' is but in my view...it's > perfectly functional so it's clear that what you are terming 'known > broken' is relative to the person making the judgment call. > > In other words...system-config-printer works fine on FC-4...I use it all > the time. Well how about this. You want to print to a HP Color Laserjet 3500 so you install HPLIP which has the proper driver. But system-config-printer cannot see that driver so it can't configure such a printer for printing. I call that broken. There are other problems with system-config-printer which could be enumerated. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
