On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 13:23 -0400, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I just installed fc6 on my p3 multi-boot desktop. [first time with fedora > since fc2] I selected kde instead of gnome during the text mode > install. Which appeared to install cleanly. I was pleasantly surprised > that it started in runlevel 3. startx fires up kde nicely btw. > > The next thing I did was to install a few personal MUST-HAVEs (mc, vim, > & pine (from livna). > > Then I tried to install my new hp D4160 printer. Which btw was the prime > reason I bothered to replace an old mdk installation with the current > core release. My older linux(s) didn't have the D4100 series cups driver. > I don't want to only be able to print from my laptop or windows... > > Anyway I haven't set up my normal user accounts yet, That happens as > soon as I get the printer working. So I did startx as root. then found > the printer menu choice, I think it was: > kmenu->settings?->printer > the print manager opened and promptly gave me the following error message(s): > > Error Unable to retrieve the printer list. > > connection to cups server failed > > check that CUPS is installed and running > > IPP request failed for unknown reason > > During the boot (vga=normal) I saw the cups server being started. It > got an [OK]... So I tried to add printer class anyway. When I selected > local printer it saw the usb port connected device, which like the > kubuntu and sayon linuxss on my laptop was reported as a D4100. > But when I finished the install dialog it said it couldn't install. > > so I did a yum install cups which offered an update. But the results > were the same... > > Anybody got a clue what went wrong??? All print configuration should be done from the cups web interface: localhost:631 > -- ======================================================================= A beer delayed is a beer denied. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
