I don't have an answer for you on your Epson and Cups. But, in the Mandrake Forum is an article discussing the reasons behind not using supermount.
Joe On Sunday 30 September 2001 10:27 am, you wrote: > I was excited to download the new Mandrake as this is the OS I use. > During the install the only problem I had was with the printer, which was > odd because with 8.1 RC1 I had fsantastic results, my EPSON 860 never > looked beter with 1400 DPI. When I selected the printer and then set the > resolution to 1400 DPI all was fine but the test page hung putting the > printer into a state of contenuees motion but nothing being done. I > contenued on with the rest of the install with the printer in this state. > After the install was complete and while the machine was rebooting I shut > off the printer removed the page and reset it. When the machine was booted > the print job was resumed and the printer started printing "goblede gook" > page after page. I tried to clear the que several different ways, until I > had to delete the the files from the spool dir manualy turn off the printer > and restart cups. I then uninstalled the cups_drivers and installed the > ones from RC1. Had the same problem. I then reinstalled cups and support > rpm's from RC1 and still had the same problem. > > This is a serious flaw within this distro not to mention that supermount is > not implamented! I also have an NVIDIA video card that worked just fine > with 8.0 but the drivers don't compile in 8.1!! > > I have used Mandrake since 6.0 and I am extreamly dissapointed with this > effort. Sloppy work, they got into to much of a hurry to put this one out. > This is a Microsoft thing to do! > > I normaly tout this distro but what ever you do DONT PAY A DIME FOR THIS > VERSION!!! > > Looking for a new distro to recomend to all customers currently about 4 > offices about ten servers running Mandrake. > > Latter, Ralph > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. > Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at > http://webmail.netscape.com/
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