On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 14:48 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 12:21 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > > >> Craig White wrote: > >> > >>> On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 10:05 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Craig White wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 09:28 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> I forgot to answer did I use --nodeps,no I didn't mainly because I did > >>>>>> know it was necessary. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> ---- > >>>>> It shouldn't ever be necessary to use --nodeps > >>>>> > >>>>> That's how you broke things in the first place. > >>>>> > >>>>> If cups service is started (and didn't quit), you should be able to > >>>>> use... > >>>>> > >>>>> Administration => Printing > >>>>> > >>>>> and set up your printer now > >>>>> > >>>>> make sure it can print a test page from that configuration tool before > >>>>> you try printing with any other program > >>>>> > >>>>> Craig > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> I don't have an 'Administration => Printing' in KDE,I'm into > >>>> 'localhost:631' > >>>> > >>>> > >>> ---- > >>> yum install system-config-printer > >>> ---- > >>> > >>> > >>>> but am having problems now with password > >>>> and username,cups won't accept anything. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> ---- > >>> root and root's password > >>> > >>> Craig > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> [root@reddwarf ~]# sudo rpm -qa | grep printer > >> system-config-printer-libs-0.7.74.4-3.fc8.i386 > >> [root@reddwarf ~]# > >> > >> > >> yum install system-config-printer > >> > >> No package system-config-printer available. > >> Nothing to do. > >> > > ---- > > can't possibly be true... > > > > # rpm -qa|grep system-config-printer > > system-config-printer-0.7.74.4-3.fc8 > > system-config-printer-libs-0.7.74.4-3.fc8 > > > > try... > > > > yum clean all > > yum install system-config-printer > > ---- > > > >> Root and Roots password do no work. > >> > > ---- > > I presume this in reference to logging into cups via firefox and > > connecting to > > > > http://localhost:631 > > > > root and root's password always work > > > > Craig > > > > > [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo yum clean all > Cleaning up Everything > [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo yum install system-config-printer > YumRepo Warning: not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - > baseurl=ftp://reddwarf:4skin46@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/pub/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/ > YumRepo Warning: not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - > failovermethod=priority > http://mirror.optus.net/fedora/core/updates/8/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 14] HTTP Error 404: Not Found > Trying other mirror. > updates-released 26 kB 00:00 > http://planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno -1] Error importing repomd.xml for updates-released: Damaged > repomd.xml file > Trying other mirror. > updates-released 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB 00:00 > primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 914 kB 00:01 > YumRepo Warning: not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - > mirrorlist=http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-8&arch=i386 > base 100% |=========================| 4.3 kB 00:00 > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Fedora/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno -1] Error importing repomd.xml for base: Damaged repomd.xml file > Trying other mirror. > base 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB 00:00 > primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 914 kB 00:01 > Excluding Packages in global exclude list > Finished > Setting up Install Process > Parsing package install arguments > No package system-config-printer available. > Nothing to do > [david@reddwarf ~]$ su - > Password: > [root@reddwarf ~]# rpm -qa|grep system-config-printer > system-config-printer-libs-0.7.74.4-3.fc8.i386 > [root@reddwarf ~]# ---- what packages are you excluding in your 'global exclude list' that is mentioned above? easy way to find out... grep exclude /etc/yum.repos.d/* ---- > I still cannot get root acess into cups:631 via firefox. > ---- you never will... it's http://localhost:631 Craig
