On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:05:41 +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 > <snipped> > > > > > > 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 > > root@192-168-1-2:/home/weaver# > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Which appears to be another issue again. > > So, what is happening here? > > Don't run hp-setup as root is what I should have said (cannot connect > to X server as weaver owns it). Gotcha! > > > > > 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'. As lpadmin doesn't seem to be a package, as > > such, I'm unable to use a gui file manager like Thunar and change > > permissions through 'properties' which is how I've been doing it up > > till now. > > > > I wouldn't have a clue about the other situation. > > Is root a member of lpadmin? No matter - you should be doing hp-setup > as weaver (who is). > > > Where to from here? > > Regards and thanks, > > > > Weaver. > > > > Sorry about that - it occurred to me *after* posting. > > Cheers > > -- "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/20111007173340.2e2219c7.wea...@riseup.net
