On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 06:16 -0500, pursley1@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Mark Knoop wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 05:29 -0500, pursley1@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >> What makes this whole thing even worse, my system even has a > >> "system-config-printer-applet" file but when I run it, nothing happens > >> and I can't install it on either panel. I even covered the contingency > >> of in case my user account needed to belong to the "lp" group. Any > >> ideas why that part of my system is not available? > >> > > > > You need to run it as: > > > > system-config-printer-applet --no-tray-icon > > > > By default, the tray icon will only show if there are print jobs in the > > queue. > > > > > 1) The tray icon *NEVER* appears when printing > 2) I've tried to run the applet but nothing happens - I do mean nothing. 1. Please don't top-post. 2. Open a terminal and run the following command: python /usr/share/system-config-printer/applet.py --no-tray-icon What happens? -- Mark Knoop
