| 1 |
On Tuesday 09 March 2010 04:48:51 Roy Wright wrote: |
| 2 |
> Howdy, |
| 3 |
> |
| 4 |
> OK, installed KDE 4.4.1 on an older box (BE-2400 4GB ~x86), seems to |
| 5 |
> be working pretty good. But am having trouble trying to figure out |
| 6 |
> the kde way to configure a network (cups on a kubuntu system) |
| 7 |
> printer. |
| 8 |
> |
| 9 |
> From system_settings, Printer Configuration, the Server Settings are |
| 10 |
> all disabled. I think I need to set "Show printers shared by other |
| 11 |
> systems". So first tried running system_settings as root to see |
| 12 |
> if it's an authentication issue, no luck, still disabled. Next did |
| 13 |
> some googling and thought maybe need to use kauth to allow it, again |
| 14 |
> no luck. Any good tutorials on how to use kauth? |
| 15 |
> |
| 16 |
> So any ideas on what piece of the puzzle I'm missing? |
| 17 |
|
| 18 |
Sounds to me as though you haven't set CUPS up right on the machine |
| 19 |
connected to the printer. You need it to allow other machines on your |
| 20 |
network to print, and maybe to administer CUPS if you want to move |
| 21 |
printer administration to another box. |
| 22 |
|
| 23 |
> On a side topic, I had cloned the System Settings menu item to set |
| 24 |
> one version up to run as root. The new menu item does not show up |
| 25 |
> in the new menu manager, but does using old style menus. Any |
| 26 |
> pointers on how to add items to the new menu style? |
| 27 |
|
| 28 |
You shouldn't need to be root on the client box to connect to printers |
| 29 |
on the server box. |
| 30 |
|
| 31 |
-- |
| 32 |
Rgds |
| 33 |
Peter. |
Archives