Paul E Condon wrote:
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 01:36:26AM -0500, Chinook wrote:
P4 with Debian Etch (testing), kernel 2.6.12-1-686,
Gnome desktop and USB attached printer and scanner
PMac G5 running OS X Tiger (10.4.4)
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I've got my AppleTalk/zeroconf LAN setup working for file sharing -
with netatalk and task-howl on the Linux box.
When I had my printer connected to my Mac I could print to it from the
Linux box with just CUPS whether the Mac AppleTalk connection with the
Linux box was active or not. Then I decided I wanted more desk space
around my Mac and moved the printer to my Linux box. Now I can print
from my Linux box, but I can't seem to figure out how to print to it
from my Mac :-P
For once I'm finding the printer setup on my Mac the more difficult :-(
I've tried it outside the AppleTalk connection by simply supplying an
address of 192.168.2.69:631 and though the printer definition is
accepted, actual printing says the printer is busy. I've also tried it
with the AppleTalk connection up, again supplying the same address, with
the same results. I've also tried variations of addresses without
success.
I'm sure I'm tripping over the obvious but what??? Is there a way to
specify the Linux printer from my Mac outside AppleTalk? Or if I need
to through AppleTalk, do I need to further edit my Linux netatalk setup
- maybe the papd.conf???
If I do need to (somehow) use the Linux printer with AppleTalk, there is
another lesser question. How do I ensure that the howl tools
(mDNSResponder for advertising) start at login like afpd and atalkd.
Actually, afpd and atalkd are started at boot-up, which occurs before any
login on a traditional UNIX system. All the boot-up scripts are stored in
/etc/init.d on a Debian machine. They are invoked via soft-links in the
in the several run-level directories /etc/rc[S0-6].d There is a lot of
picky detail, which is well documented at www.debian.org. You can initiate
anything by writing a shell script and installing it and links to it. Be
sure to implement three commands, at least: start, stop, restart
Following is the mDNSBrowse info if it's any help.
I'm keeping notes on the detail steps in order to share the setup with
anyone else they might help, so if you want to see the detail steps
I've taken so far I can send along the text file or put it up on my
dotMac account for download.
I, for one, am interested is learning how to get a printer on a Mac shared
to a Linux box. I thought it would be easy, but I failed.
And I thought it was Paul to the rescue :-) No fair - you didn't answer
my question first.
Aw what the heck ;')
I threw away that part of my notes (wouldn't you know) but it seemed
pretty easy at the time :-)
But I did find where Gary Kerbaugh (someone I trust) explained it to
someone on the Unix forum. It sounds about like what I did so I'm just
copying his post for you. Now you owe me :-)
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Hi Chris,
I've not done this with a Mac but CUPS is CUPS. Open the
/etc/cups/client.conf file on your Linux machine and change the
ServerName line to point to your Mac. That may be all you have to do
because the Mac's CUPS automatically adds the local printer for you. You
may have to define a queue for it; I'm not sure but I don't think so.
Also, you will probably have to authorize it on the Mac. The
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf file on the Mac should have a line in it that look
like:
Listen <Mac_IP>:631
where <Mac_IP> should be replaced by the IP address of your Mac, (not
127.0.0.1) and similarly for <Linux_IP> below. Such a line should
already exist for 127.0.0.1. Just copy-and-paste in a new copy of this
line and change the IP address. Inside the definition of root directory
you similarly may need to add an "Allow From" statement:
<Location />
...
Allow From <Linux_IP>
</Location>
The directory definitions are modeled on similar definitions in Apache's
httpd.conf file. There may be more that is necessary; I'll see if I can
find more specific information that I've saved. If you have to do more,
please post it to this thread so that there is complete documentation
for others. Of course a consistent configuration depends on having
static IP addresses on your local network.
I'm not really surprised that you didn't find much if you searched
for strings including Mac or Apple; this is a purely UNIX question. The
CUPS administration documentation can be found online at cups.org or
even on your own machine at http://localhost:631/ or on your drive in
the /usr/share/doc/cups directory.
--
Gary
~~~~
It's no surprise that things are so screwed up: everyone
that knows how to run a government is either driving
taxicabs or cutting hair.
-- George Burns
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