Printing with Canon Pixma iP1800 on Fedora Core 7

[Kevin Martin]

Todd Denniston wrote:
> Valentina M wrote, On 07/24/2008 11:56 AM:
>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Kevin Martin <kevintm at ameritech.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Valentina M wrote:
>>>
>>>>
> <SNIP>
>>>>
>>>> Well I logged as root, and keeps happening the same. When I try to 
>>>> print
>>>> from OpenOfficeOrg or even from the printer settings, in the menu, 
>>>> where u
>>>> can send a "Test Print Page" . Just doesn't do anything...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Valentina
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Do you see any odd usb errors in dmesg or in /var/log/messages?
>>>
>>>
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> In dsmeg I dont see anything like an error, only this one which I 
>> dont know
>> what is it :
>> handlers:
>> [<f8ccc3bb>] (via_driver_irq_handler+0x0/0x165 [via])
>> Disabling IRQ #20
>> MPU-401 device not found or device busy
>> PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
>>
>> And at /var/log/messages it tells me Access Denied, even if I'm 
>> working as
>> root. And when I wanna see what's inside /var/log doesnt show messages..
>>
>>
>
> anything appearing in /var/log/cups/* when you attempt to print (as a 
> normal user or as root)?
>
> And do you mean there is no /var/log/messages or that there are no new 
> messages there when you try to print?
>
And if there is a /var/log/messages file and you can't access it as root 
then you've got another problem that may be more serious and/or may be 
related as that would indicate that root might not be root.

Kevin