Cups problem
david walcroft
d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au
Sat Dec 15 23:48:25 UTC 2007
Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> 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 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ----
>>> 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 at reddwarf ~]$ sudo yum clean all
>> Cleaning up Everything
>> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo yum install system-config-printer
>> YumRepo Warning: not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping -
>> baseurl=ftp://reddwarf:4skin46@premium.planetmirror.com/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.
>>
>
> This is a problem. If you cannot find it, there is something wrong with
> your fedora repo configuration. In fact, it hasn't been called "base"
> for a while now. It should be called "fedora".
>
> When I do updates, yum finds the following:
>
>
>> atrpms 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
>> livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
>> google 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
>> macromedia 100% |=========================| 1.9 kB 00:00
>> dribble 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
>> adobe-linux-i386 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
>> updates 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB 00:00
>> freshrpms 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
>> fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
>>
>
> yes, I have a few "extra" repositories configured. But note the
> "names". Why are yours different?
>
> system-config-printer-0.7.74.4-3.fc8 exists on the original installation
> media. I can find it just by going to the repositories with my web browser.
>
> Here is a URL to it (if you can't find it on your local media):
>
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/system-config-printer-0.7.74.4-3.fc8.i386.rpm
>
> Download it using your favorite WWW browser or wget.
> (adjust the i386 part to match your architecture requirements if necessary)
>
> install it using rpm. In fact, I think you can give the URL directly to
> rpm and it will download it and install it for you (assuming it needs no
> other dependencies).
>
>
My yum download
Installed: pirut.noarch 0:1.3.28-1.fc8
Complete!
[david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo rpm -Uvh
rpm/system-config-printer-0.7.74.4-3.fc8.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
pirut is needed by system-config-printer-0.7.74.4-3.fc8.i386
[david at reddwarf ~]$
My repo's are in 'local-updates local-extras local-base,
but yum does updates with no problem
[david at reddwarf ~]$ ls /etc/yum.repos.d/
atrpms-bleeding.repo fedora-extras-devel.repo
jpackage-fedora.repo local-extra-devel
atrpms.repo Fedora-install-media.repo
jpackage-generic.repo local-extras
atrpms-stable.repo fedora.repo
jpackage.repo local-updates
atrpms-testing.repo fedora.repo.rpmnew
kde-redhat.repo local-updates-testing
city-fan.org.repo fedora-updates.repo
kde-redhat-stable-all.repo Macromedia
crontab fedora-updates.repo.rpmnew
kde-redhat-stable.repo mirrors-rpmforge
dag.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo
livna-devel.repo newrpms.repo
dries.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmnew
livna-devel.repo.rpmorig nrpms.repo
fedora-core.repo.rpmnew fedora.us-extras
livna.repo nr.repo
fedora-core.repo.rpmsave freshrpms.repo
livna.repo.rpmorig rpmforge.repo
fedora-development.repo freshrpms.repo.rpmnew
livna.repo.rpmsave yjl.repo
fedora-devel.repo gstreamer-deps.repo
livna-testing.repo
fedora-extra-devel.repo gstreamer.repo local-base
fedora-extra.repo home.repo local-devel
[david at reddwarf ~]$ I know it needs a big clean up.
david
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