On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 06:31:13PM -0600, Randolph D Dach wrote: > > I was attempting to get my Canon IP4200 printer working > with propietory drivers from Canon Europe. and this was > complicated because I could only get it in an RPM package. > I don't have a canon any more, but I can still sympathise. Have you tried gutenprint ? (I've seen some things on its list that suggest there might be problems with some canons, but it might work for you).
> The printui portion of the program wasn't working so I > thought that I could just start in the BLFS Development > manual at X-Windows, grab the Xorg-7.1 and vola, maybe > all would be solved. > > I installed all the programs as per the BLFS maual into /usr > and of course I used paco to control each package. I found using paco > really makes it a lot easier to back out of a > problem. When I couldn't even get the X-server up and > running properly I just removed everything. then I > reinstalled xorg-6.9.0 in /usr/X11R6. > Well, that might be useful for somebody to know, and now I understand where you're coming from. > I am using gcc-4.01 as the compiler and glibc-2.35. I probably have 90% of > all the libraries that are in the > maual built and installed. However some of these libraries > are from older Books. That, in itself, is _probably_ not a problem. I suppose you might be able to install 7.1 in /usr without linking against an older version in /usr/X11R6, providing you remove /usr/X11R6 from ld.so.conf and don't have any other stuff that needs /usr/X11R6. > > I have been trying to go through the system to see if > there are any residual packages from the old system and > I have found one, libXau. I removed it but I am now hesitant to try out the > xorg-7.1 just because of the work involved. Although at this point I have it > pretty well automated. > Mybe in another week or 2 I'll kick the cat again and give > it another try. > > Tks for your assistance > Randy Yes, the multiplicity of packages in "modular" X is, ahem, "interesting". Good luck! Ken -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
