On Sunday 26 June 2005 20:47, Fred A. Miller wrote: >On Sunday 26 June 2005 7:12 pm, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 26 June 2005 16:53, Fred A. Miller wrote: >> >On Sunday 26 June 2005 4:40 pm, Fred A. Miller wrote: >> >> On Sunday 26 June 2005 2:05 am, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: >> >> >> >> [snip] >> >> >> >> > 2) If possible, d/l the latest 2.0 beta and see if the >> >> > problem is fixed. While it is not a short term fix, at least >> >> > we will know that the problem will be resolved when 2.0 comes >> >> > out. >> >> >> >> No it won't, NOT unless coders realize that for Linux, OO MUST >> >> see what printer(s) are defined in CUPS, THEN all will be well. >> > >> >As a follow up, in the 2.0 beta, you AREN'T given the option to >> > add a printer with the admin. app., but can add a FAX.....MOST >> > strange behavior in 2.0!! >> > >> >Fred >> >> By George he's right! > >Of course. ;) My printer definitions as per CUPS were picked up here > by 2.0, but the box I installed yesterday - NADA! And, because > someone screwed up and you can't ad a printer, I had to mess with > it. What I did is allow admin. to think I was defining a FAX when > it fact it's a printer. When the popup asks for a phone number, all > you have to do is choose "ok." What I did was to use it to call up > Kprinter, which gives the user the access to ALL of the defined > printer options for that printer. It "ain't pretty, but it works." > ;) There's been a fair number of installs that have "failed" in > this area with 2.0. > >Fred
Oh cute, as in bow legged. But I'm glad you found a workaround. One question though, if you remove the one default printer its showing, does that then enable the add printer buttons? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.35% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
