Cups problem

Craig White craigwhite at azapple.com
Sat Dec 15 02:51:38 UTC 2007


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 at reddwarf ~]# sudo rpm -qa | grep printer
> system-config-printer-libs-0.7.74.4-3.fc8.i386
> [root at reddwarf ~]#
> 
> 
> yum install system-config-printer
> 
> No package system-config-printer available.
> Nothing to do.
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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




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