KDE apps crash accessing network printer

[Josh Berkus]

Folks,

Hardware: Thinkpad R40 384mb-ram=20
=09Direct Network Printer HP 4100 via TCP
Software: Suse 8.1 professional
=09KDE 3.0.4 via YastOnlineUpdate
        CUPS printing
Problem:  If the nework printer is installed in the system, any attempt t=
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print from any KDE application causes that app to crash.

Details:  I installed the above network printer using SuSE's Yast.  A tes=
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page printed fine.
However, when I tried to print from Kmail, Kmail crashed.   Attempts to p=
rint=20
from Konqueror or Kate have the same result, even after changing drivers =
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restarting KDE several times.
I opened the control panel and tried to configure the HP CUPS printer in =
KDE. =20
Attempts to access the printer profile cause kcontrol to crash.   For tha=
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matter, if the network printer is installed, kjobviewer will not launch, =
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for other printers.

I tried reverting to the versions of the KDE-print and CUPS drivers on th=
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SuSE disks (3.0.3, I think), without improvement.  =20

I'm frustrated and confused.  I've never had problems printing to HP netw=
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printers under SuSE linux before.   Help, please!

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco