[kde-linux] System -> Printing doesn't work.

[James Richard Tyrer]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 21 February 2009 10:13:27 James Richard Tyrer wrote:
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>> Anne Wilson wrote:
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>>> On Saturday 21 February 2009 08:57:13 James Richard Tyrer wrote:
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>>>> I have almost finished installing CUPS and now I wonder if it 
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>>>> necessary, but I will have to figure that out after this issue.
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>>>> When I start: "System -> Printing" the dialog opens with the 
>>>> options
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>>>> grayed out. I know exactly what the problem is, it needs to run
>>>>  with
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>>>> SU
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>>>> privilege. But, how do I do this? I would expect that the KDESU
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> dialog
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>>>> would pop up and ask me for the root password before it opens 
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>>>> doesn't happen. Since this is a Python program, I can't simply
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> set the
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>>>> SUID permission bit. I presume that others have this working so
>>>>  that
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>>>> there must be a way to do it.
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>>> Open localhost:631 in a browser. Since you are about to set up 
>>> printers
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>>> you need root authority, so you must go to the Administration 
>>> page to
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>>> give the password. I think you will find it fairly 
>>> self-explanatory
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>>> after that.
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>>> Once set up you can control jobs from there if you need to 
>>> (something
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>>> unprintable, sent to the wrong queue and blocking things, for 
>>> instance)
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>>> but you will not need to very often. On the few occasions that 
>>> you need
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>>> root authority you will be asked for the password.
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>> Been there done that. However, I consider that I am doing software
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>> testing.
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>> The question is whether "System -> Printing" will work or if this 
>> is a
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>> bug that needs to be reported.
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> James, for the last time. If something works for everyone but you, is
>  that the definition of a bug?

Certainly not!  That is why I asked -- so I could determine if it was a
local problem which I was having or if it was a bug.

> Sorry, but I don't think so.

And your response has not clarified that.

> What exactly are you trying to do with 'System > Printing'?

Starting back at "0":

I opened it using the menu.

Noted that the "Basic Server Settings" were grayed out and could not be
set -- probably nothing there that needs to be set any who.

Selected: "New Printer" in the window on the (my) left.

Clicked the button: "New Printer".

In the dialog that popped up, I selected "LPT #1" and clicked the
"Forward" button.

The button reacted, but nothing happened.

> Why can't you just install your printer under cups, let the kde
> printing system pick that up, then print normally? 

I can and did do that.  But it has nothing to do with testing the 
software or whether you can access: "system-config-printer-kde" using 
the K-Menu -- whether that works (for you).

> It works for everyone else.

What works for everyone else?  The workaround of using the CUPS setup 
tool or can everyone else access and use: "system-config-printer-kde" 
using the K-Menu?

I also note that there is another workaround but it doesn't work either. 
  You can open a Konsole, "su", enter password, and execute: 
"system-config-printer-kde".  Doing that, the options are no longer 
grayed out, however when I get to clicking the: "Forward" button, still 
nothing happens.  So perhaps running with root permissions isn't the answer.

-- 
JRT