Re: [SLE] CUPS Printer Problem with HP G55 on USB

From: Don Parris (webdev_at_matheteuo.org)
Date: 03/31/04

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    Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:22:59 -0500

    GarUlbricht7@netscape.net wrote:

    >Don Parris wrote on Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:35:11 AM EST:
    >
    >
    >>Russbucket wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>I have an HP G55 hooked to usb port 0. All indications are its OK,
    >>>but test print says it completed successfully but nothing prints.
    >>>When I go to localhost:631 and select Admin printers
    >>>and then try to change configuration
    >>>it asks for a password and ID
    >>>
    >>>
    >
    >
    >
    >>>*** I use Root and its password ***
    >>>
    >>>
    >---stars added for emphasis -----
    >
    >
    >>>but it tells me it cannot authicate it.
    >>>
    >>>Where do I grant authority for this ???
    >>>i am new to Linux and am not sure what needs to be done.
    >>>
    >>>Any help will be appriciated.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>You should go to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
    >>Read the comments in the file,
    >>as the manual says nothing about this issue.
    >>You'll have to have CUPS listen to the correct port,
    >>and down toward the end, just comment out the lines in the <??? /admin
    >>section. That should do the trick for you.
    >>Also check out cups.org - they have a mailing list too.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Hi Don,
    >
    >I suspect you have SuSE 8.2 rather than 9.0.
    >because as Kenneth Schneider has repeatedly pointed out
    >that during install of cups for SuSE 9.0
    >(and on this list several times)
    >Russbucket needed to run:
    >
    > lppasswd -a root
    >
    >Supply a password and he will then be able to make changes. See:
    >http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2004-Mar/3187.html
    >
    >He did that and it worked.
    >IIRC, your other comments are valid,
    >but without a cups password, you can't apply them in SuSE 9.0.
    >
    >See also:
    >http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/09/jsmeix_print-einrichten-90.html
    >
    >Hope this clarifies the issue.
    >Gar
    >
    >
    >
    I stated in another message that I use 8.0 - forgot to do that here. Am
    not sure about the differences between 8.0-9.0. I'll check out the
    links you've offered.

    I guess that lppassword won't work in 8.0, eh? Maybe I could upgrade my
    CUPS package. I actually think I'll be alright if I can just restore my
    LAN serves (see my post on insmod problems). I read an article that
    held out CUPS as an example of poor usability in the open source
    movement. Being quite frustrated with trying to hack it myself, I was
    willing to agree. The article was recent, and the author was using
    Fedora. He had to remember an old sendmail trick (listening to the
    port), which was not mentioned in the CUPS documentation. I've been
    trying to figure it all out on my own, which is starting to seem like a
    bad idea. 

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