-------- Original Message --------
From: Verner Kjærsgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue 14 Aug 2007 11:02:25 PM EST

> Tirsdag 14 august 2007 14:05 skrev Dave Barton:
>> I recently did a fresh 10.2 install. Initially the printer setup went
>> with any problems and printing from any app worked fine. For the last
>> couple of days I have not been able to get any of my 5 usb printers to
>> work.
>>
>> I have tried uninstalling cups, deleting previous cups configurations
>> and reinstalling to no avail. YaST correctly identifies the printers and
>> selects the appropriate drivers, but the test function produces nothing.
>> Sending a file to a print queue from any app (eg. kate) show up in KDE's
>> print manager as "processing", but the process never finishes. No errors
>> are displayed during either the setup test or normal printing.
>>
>> I have ruled out hardware issues, because other usb devices (scanners,
>> ext hdd, cameras, etc.) work fine under Linux and all printers work
>> perfectly under Windows on this box.
>>
>> Am I missing something obvious here, or is there a cups issue with 10.2
>> that I should know about?
>>
>> Any pointers or suggestions would be welcome.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Dave
> 
> - my ten cents....
> 
> - create a CUPS admin, use (as root) " lppasswd -a -g sys root "
> - check the syntax of lppasswd with "man lppasswd" before you go ahead, I'm 
> not sure I remember that one correctly.
> 
> Then open your browser, goto http://localhost:631 and select printers. See if 
> it's red or green and take appropriate action.
> 
> - hope this helps.

Ten cents!!! Your expensive, everyone else only charges two ;)

Hmm... looks like serious corruption somewhere. As root and user, I have
tried every possible variation of lppasswd and all I get is:
"lppasswd: Unable to open password file: Permission denied"
Consequently http://localhost:631 returns a 404 error.

In the past I have never had to mess with cups. I have just set it up
and it works. Now this and numerous other issues I have had getting 10.2
working properly, is frustrating the hell out out of me.

Can anyone offer any suggestions how to resolve this?

TIA

Dave


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