Re: FD3 and Cups

From: nntp_usr (urjunkhere_at_foobar.nit)
Date: 04/25/05


Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 02:43:07 GMT

BearItAll wrote:

> BearItAll wrote:
>> Is it only me are are you having a little trouble with cups in FD3.
>>
>> It seems to be if I use two printers that are the same with the same
>> driver, only one of them is accessible from the network (both work from
>> the server). If I remove either one of them the other works, with both
>> on only which ever is first in printers.conf works. Also all other
>> printers before and after those two work as they should.
>>
>> I set them up using the cups web interface. Hmmmm, maybe a red herring
>> here, because I just checked the printers dialog to see what that said
>> (I've hardly ever been in there) and they is only one of the two in
>> there. Is this going to be the GUI interfereing with me again. If it is
>> I'm going to be cross.
>
> Seems its only me then.
>
> Well BearItAll, as I have the thread all to ourselves, I can tell you
> this, it seems that cups web interface treats cupsd.conf differently to
> the way the dialog based print manager does. Mix the two and you get a
> proper perculiar mix in the access rights sections. I would suggest that
> I pull back the orrigunal cupsd.conf and edit it by hand.
>
> Let me know how I get on would you.
Agreed. If I remember correctly, I think there was even a warning mesage to
use the system-config-printer tool when I installed my printer. Terminal or
tool is probably the way to go.



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