Samsung 2525w F15 installation problem

[Gary Waters]

On 05/28/2011 12:18 PM, Gary Waters wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I purchased a samsung 2525w printer and installed it without a hitch in
> fedora 12. Please note there appears to be no ppd file for this printer,
> but a 3-part driver download. Everything worked fine in F12; however,
> this is not the case in F15. Below are the error messages I get when
> attempting to install:
>
> [root at localhost Linux]# sh install.sh
> ****  It seems Qt library is not installed, or X display is not accessible.
> ****  Custom Qt library will be configured for use with this package.
> GUI mode installer execution failed, proceeding in text mode
> ****  Running text mode install
> ****  Press Enter to continue or q and then Enter to quit
>
>
> I then press enter to continue and get this response:
>
>
> **** Non-priviliged users found:
> nfsnobody
> ****  Are you going to use USB-connected devices ?
> ****  If yes, users allowed to scan or manage printers should be added to lp
> ****  group. The list of non-privileged users proposed for addition is
> shown above.
> ****  Press y and then Enter to add users or Enter to leave lp group intact:
>
> I then press "y" and "enter" and get this response. I shortened the list
> to reduce clutter:
>
> ****  Print drivers for the following device models available:
> ML-2010spl2 ML-2150ps ML-2150spl2 ML-2240spl2 ML-2245spl2 ML-2250spl2
> ML-2510spl2 ML-2525w
> ****  Please enter model to install and press Enter:
>
> Once I enter the model number and press enter, gnome crashes and I end
> up back at the login screen.
>
> When I repeat the same step and simply hit "enter" the leave lp group
> intact and once again choose the model number and hit enter there is a
> quick flash of text in konsole about something installing ( possibly
> sane backends ) and poof...same result...gnome crashes and I end up back
> at the login screen. The same thing happens from KDE
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated. I did some googling and saw others
> with the same issue in other distros, but no concrete solutions. Please
> note that I am not an extremely experienced Linux user.

Ok...I retract. The ppd file for this printer is on in 
cdroot3/Linux/noarch/at_opt/share. Simply launch system-config-printer 
and browse for the file. I got it working that way. I'm going to assume 
this will be the case for many newer samsung printers. The Linux driver 
was not on the provided CD, but was available as a three-part package on 
the samsung site.