Oscar, Many thanks for the time you are taking on this.
Yes, the owner of /usr/bin/lpq, lpr and lprm is lp:lp. Same with /dev/lp0. No. I cannot print as root. Rob ----------------------------- On 22 Dec 2001 19:55:48 +0100 Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |Mmm... |The owner of /usr/bin/lpq, lpr and lprm (or symlinked programs) must be |lp:lp |The owner of /dev/lp0 must be lp:lp, too. |Is it correct? |And, can you print as root? |Saludos, |�scar. | |El s�b, 22-12-2001 a las 19:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribi�: |> The error message I get when selecting LPRng in printerdrake as root is (appears in |the console): "cannot start lp device 'dev/lp0 - Permission denied" |> |> The security level on my system is low. |> |> Yes, I downloaded the ISOs for the three CDs. Everything else installed correctly |and works fine. |> |> Rob |> |> On 22 Dec 2001 17:48:51 +0100 |> Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> |> |Hi, |> |Try it (only a suggestion): |> |As root, run printerdrake. |> |Delete your printer if it's present. |> |Reboot. |> |As root, run printerdrake. |> |Change printerdrake to expert mode. |> |Change the print system to LPRng. |> |Add your printer. |> |Print the test page. If no page is printed, tell us the exact error |> |message. |> |By the way, what security level has your LM? |> |Did you downloaded your copy of LM8.1? |> |Oscar. |> | |> | |> |El s�b, 22-12-2001 a las 15:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribi�: |> |> Yes, Ed. I understand this is not Mandrake Support. |> |> |> |> append=" devfs=nomount <----appears in my lilo.conf |> |> |> |> but I've had it both ways. |> |> |> |> Rob |> |> ---------------------------------- |> |> On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 09:32:57 -0500 |> |> Ed Tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> |> |> |> |so, Rob, just to be sure you understand, this is NOT mandrake - support. this |> |> |is a group of folks that are working on getting there own linux boxes the way |> |> |they want, and since that has required a learning process, some have decided |> |> |to hang around and offer up what little gems they "think" they have learned. |> |> |I do not believe the paid employees of Mandrake who do happen to monitor this |> |> |list do so because it is in their "job description" to read either the expert |> |> |or newbie mail list. |> |> |that said, (in other words I probly won't be able to help, but maybe we can |> |> |work thru this and some other floks might chime in), are you booting with |> |> |"devfs mount"? or "devfs nomount" in your lilo.conf? |> |> | |> |> |On Friday 21 December 2001 21:27, you wrote: |> |> |> Greetings once again, |> |> |> |> |> |> Well, suffice it to say, no one has chimed in with any suggestions yet. I |> |> |> have another clue which my eyes noticed during the boot process last night, |> |> |> for what it's worth. Don't know if this means anything since I had |> |> |> problems configuring printing during the reinstall/upgrade-type but here it |> |> |> is. The boot screen scrolls by the following: |> |> |> |> |> |> Quote - |> |> |> Loading parralel port printer modules devfs: devfs_register_(): device |> |> |> already registered "0" Starting CUPS printing system: lpd: warning -** |> |> |> cannot open: /var/log/lp-errs (): - 'permission denied' warning: -cannot |> |> |> start lp device: /dev/lp0: -permission denied Unquote - |> |> |> |> |> |> I've checked all the /var/log files I can find and I can detect no reason |> |> |> for the problem. Again, upon an attempted re-install as reported below, it |> |> |> didn't appear that I had a successful installation of the printer. |> |> |> |> |> |> Still open for any suggestions. |> |> |> |> |> |> Rob |> |> |> |> |> |> Begin forwarded message: |> |> |> |> |> |> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 23:59:07 -0500 |> |> |> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> |> |> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> |> |> Subject: Fw: Yet another printing question |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> Greetings again all... |> |> |> |> |> |> Having seen no response to the below, I "reinstalled/upgraded" tonight and |> |> |> paid particular attention to the printer configuration. In a nutshell, I |> |> |> could not get CUPS to accept/configure my printer (and I chose all, |> |> |> alternatives that were available for my HP DeskJet 970Cse), the result each |> |> |> time was "An error occurred - foomatic-configure failed." So I chose |> |> |> lprng. At least I was able to get a test page to print fine during the |> |> |> "install" process from the CD installation routine. However, I still |> |> |> cannot print...nothing happens. MDK 8.0 was fine. Did something funny |> |> |> change relative to printing between 8.0 and 8.1? I don't understand why |> |> |> printing seems to be such rocket science in Linux. |> |> |> |> |> |> Rob |> |> |> |> |> |> Begin forwarded message: |> |> |> |> |> |> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 22:26:50 -0500 |> |> |> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> |> |> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> |> |> Subject: Yet another printing question |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> Greetings all, |> |> |> |> |> |> I have been struggling to get printing to work ever since I installed MDK |> |> |> 8.1. It appears that my printer is recognized (or at least is reflected by |> |> |> name in the configuration files I've checked) leading me to believe I have |> |> |> a CUPS problem. Indeed, when I try (as root) in a terminal window to bring |> |> |> up KUPS, I receive the following: |> |> |> |> |> |> "Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the |> |> |> authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based |> |> |> authentication failed DCOPServer up and running. |> |> |> language: C" |> |> |> |> |> |> The Kups window then comes up but nothing is reflected as an installed |> |> |> printer. |> |> |> |> |> |> Anyone have any experience with this? I've reinstalled once (as an update) |> |> |> with the same results. |> |> |> |> |> |> Thanks in advance. |> |> |> |> |> |> Rob |> |> | |> |> | |> |> |> |> ---- |> |> |> | |> |> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? |> |> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com |> |-- |> | . --- |> | |o_o | |> | |:_/ | Usuario |> | // \ \ de Linux |> | (| | ) Registrado |> |/'\_ _/`\ #227443 |> |\___)=(___/ http://counter.li.org/ |> | |> | |> | |> |> ---- |> | |> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? |> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com |-- | . --- | |o_o | | |:_/ | Usuario | // \ \ de Linux | (| | ) Registrado |/'\_ _/`\ #227443 |\___)=(___/ http://counter.li.org/ | | |
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