Hi, On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> is it possible in Edubuntu to hook a thin client to a printer and share > that across the network? If so, how is it done? If not, how come and is > there some way I can work on adding this? Sorry to answer my own question but I figured out an amount and got this temporarily working. I gave the thin client a static IP and rebooted it. I then logged in on the thin client console (I created an account previously) and did: - sudo /usr/lib/ltsp/lp_server -d /dev/usblp0 & - exit I then - logged into the Edubuntu graphical system as usual, - ran "system->administration->printers" - clicked new printer, selected "HP Direct", put in the name of the thin client (ip address would do either), selected the correct driver for my printer. - printed a test page successfully. So, it works and relatively painlessly. What doesn't seem to work is that even though I placed the entries in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf as suggested here: http://www.skolelinux.no/~klaus/newnotater/c2628.html#ltsp-printer [specialneeds1] PRINTER_0_DEVICE =/dev/usblp0 PRINTER_0_TYPE =U it didn't seem to automatically start the lp_server process. Is this not currently supported on Edubuntu or do I presume I just got something wrong in the syntax? I guess if it's not there by default I can put in a startup script which looks for the above ENV vars and starts the lp_server if they're set? Gavin -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
