On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:53:08 +1100 Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/10/11 16:32, Weaver wrote: > > On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:39:21 +1100 > > Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 07/10/11 15:23, Weaver wrote: > >>> On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:49:24 +0000 (UTC) > >>> Camale�n <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> <snip> > >>> > >>>>>> libusb++-dev > >>> > >>> O.K., I've installed libusb-dev, but also libcupsimage2-dev which > >>> is also required > >>> > >> <snipped> > >> > >> > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> "Printer queue setup failed. Could not connect to CUPS Server > >>> Is user added to "lpadmin" group(s)" > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> ..and when I hit 'enter' from there, I get returned to the Desktop > >>> 'user' prompt. An abort. That looks like a permissions issue. > >>> > >>> Further, when I attempt, as root, to call up hp-setup to configure > >>> it that way, I get: > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> weaver@192-168-1-2:~$ su > >>> Password: > >>> root@192-168-1-2:/home/weaver# hp-setup > >>> > >>> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.10) > >>> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0 > >>> > >>> Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP > >>> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > >>> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it > >>> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. > >>> > >>> No protocol specified > >>> hp-setup: cannot connect to X server :0.0 > >> > >> > >> As root that is default... > >> > >>> root@192-168-1-2:/home/weaver# > >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>> Which appears to be another issue again. > >>> So, what is happening here? > >>> > >>> I tried to resolve the permissions issue, but I'm just getting > >>> into CLI and couldn't make heads or tails of anything. I tried > >>> all sorts of command combinations for a period of about a week, > >>> but the computer basically said 'Go away, you're too stupid and I > >>> don't want to deal with you'. > > A talking computer? > Best not to configure software when eating 'those' mushrooms.... ;-p > > >> As lpadmin doesn't seem to be a package, > >> > >> > >> Are you a member of the lpadmin group? > >> eg.:- > >> $ adduser david lpadmin > > > > weaver@192-168-1-2:~$ groups > > weaver cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev lpadmin > > weaver@192-168-1-2:~$ > > > >> > >> If so have you logged out and logged back in? > > Sorry - had to ask. No problem here. Assume that I am a bear of very little brain. You won't be too far out. > > > > > Completely restarted the machine. > > Exactly the same result. > > Regards, > > > > Weaver. > > > > Is this a local printer (attached by a USB cable)....? If so, why the > cups server? Because I intend to network it a bit further down the track. I've got a laptop here as well as the PC, but I want to get in other boxes/OS's to become more familiar with networking. > > K. If you don't post as [Solved] by Sunday night I'll have another > think. Thanks for the effort. Obliged. Weaver. -- "In a world without walls and fences, what need have we for Windows or Gates?" -Anon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111007173149.436bde9f.wea...@riseup.net
