Oooppsss! I didn't realize that there were a SOLUTION yet. -- P.S. This usually happens when people go ahead to answer someone without clicking the "Send/Receive" applet of their mail client: so, be warned folks! :-) El mar, 29-08-2006 a las 00:53 +0200, M Daniel R Magarzo escribió: > El dom, 27-08-2006 a las 17:51 -0700, Douglas Phillipson escribió: > > system-config-printer won't come up. It asks for my password, but the > > GUI never appears. Anybody else have this problem? I also tried the > > localhost:631 route and although I can create a printer, I can't print > > to it (it's a USB hp1020). I'm using the foo2zjs driver which worked > > fine under FC4. ( http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/) > > > > Thanks > > > > Doug P > > > > You should go through Desktop > Administration > Printing (printconf > command). What I can see in my system is that system-config-printer is > just a symbolic link to the printconf command. Maybe you've got messed > up permissions or something... Check this: > > [mikhail@Ulises ~]$ ls -l /usr/sbin/printconf > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 354 ago 11 12:38 /usr/sbin/printconf > > Apart from that, is your system updated and with no dependency > conflicts? > > Is your printer directly attached to the box or maybe you're talking > about a network printer? > It seems that there are some problems in the current stable version of > CUPS (v.1.2.2) but related with IPP protocol -as far as I know, so > printing locally shouldn't be affected. > > BTW, when you talk about a USB HP 1020 you really mean HP 1120 Deskjet, > don't you? I don't know much about printer models but 1020 doesn't > appear into any list I've seen. > > More, I think you should be able to configure it with some hp* driver, > not sure at all but foo2zjs sounds to me some way strange... > > Anyway, you should be able to choose a GENERIC printer when configuring, > and then the Postscript driver would be a good choice.. > > Cheers
