On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 13:56 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Karl Larsen wrote: > > >> But are you using CUPS? > >> If so, how did you configure it? > >> In one of your earlier posts, you said you had no /etc/cups/printers.conf > >> , and /etc/cups/cups.conf seemed more or less empty. > > > I have the latest updated cups loaded and /etc/cups/ which has this: > > > > [root@k5di etc]# cd cups > > [root@k5di cups]# ls > > classes.conf cupsd.conf.O pdftops.conf snmp.conf > > classes.conf.O interfaces ppd ssl > > client.conf lpoptions printers.conf subscriptions.conf > > cupsd.conf mime.convs printers.conf.O > > cupsd.conf.default mime.types pstoraster.convs > > [root@k5di cups]# > > > > And it is all working just fine. > > But how did you configure CUPS? > Just installing it won't tell CUPS what printer you are using. > > Incidentally, I "yum update" my machines more or less daily, > and never had any problem with printing, > so there cannot have been a universal problem with udev. > > You seem to assume that if something works or does not work > on your system the same must be true on every system in the world. As someone who opposed blaming udev I need to reply. It is true that with the previous udev 113-8 no /dev/lp* files were formed.. With udev-133-9 your get them. Which itself is strange on my machine without a parallel port. -- ======================================================================= "As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life -- so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls."s -- Matt Cartmill ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
