Gentoo Archives: gentoo-desktop

From: Tim Igoe <tim@×××××××.uk>
To:
Cc: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop] What "just works" and what doesn't?
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 18:57:11
Message-Id: 41644E05.1040309@igoe.me.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-desktop] What "just works" and what doesn't? by marcos ferreyra
1 marcos ferreyra wrote:
2
3 >Examples of things that DON'T WORK out-of-the-box are
4 >* wireless (in my experience, very hard to set up)
5 >* software suspend
6 >* printers
7 >
8 >
9 >
10 I'll add scanners to that list. Can't get mine to work as a none root
11 user?! Printers was easy :o
12
13 >
14 >--- Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote:
15 >
16 >
17 >
18 >>On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 03:23, Gábor Farkas wrote:
19 >>
20 >>
21 >>>set up a printer in gnome.
22 >>>
23 >>>i must admit, maybe i just don't know how to do
24 >>>
25 >>>
26 >>it.
27 >>
28 >>
29 >>>i usually emerge kdebase, and use kcontrol (kde
30 >>>
31 >>>
32 >>control center)
33 >>
34 >>
35 >>>to add a cups printer.
36 >>>
37 >>>so, if there's a normal way to add a printer in
38 >>>
39 >>>
40 >>gnome, tell me.
41 >>
42 >>emerge gnome-cups-manager
43 >>
44 >>I really wish this ebuild would add a .desktop entry
45 >>to the Desktop
46 >>Preferences section of my Gnome menu by default. In
47 >>fact, you might
48 >>even have it on your system and just not know it.
49 >>
50 >>--
51 >>Chris Gianelloni
52 >>Release Engineering - Operational/QA Manager
53 >>Games - Developer
54 >>Gentoo Linux
55 >>
56 >>
57 >>--
58 >>gentoo-desktop@g.o mailing list
59 >>
60 >>
61 >>
62 >>
63 >
64 >
65 >--
66 >gentoo-desktop@g.o mailing list
67 >
68 >
69 >
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Re: [gentoo-desktop] What "just works" and what doesn't? Luke-Jr <luke-jr@×××××××.org>