printer setup

2007-06-05 Thread bobsetch
It's only me again! I am taking heart in the fact that I'm learning but!!! There has to be something really stupid that I'm missing. Cups thinks it successfully printed test pages from cups and a file from the word processor. Where is the output going? Why doesn't it get to the printer? Bob

printer setup

2007-06-04 Thread bobsetch
Back again. I finally have etch gnome up and running again but am still having problems with my hp printer. I've tried using gnome desktop to setup the printer and everything seems to be ok until I print the test page and nothing happens. When I looki at the que iI see status: job stopped. I'v

grub

2007-05-31 Thread bobsetch
I'm still a linux newbie and I've gone from bad to worst. I used to have a working etch system but in an attempt to get my printer working I reinstalled etch several times and when it reboots it comes up in grub instead of the gnome desktop. Any ideas out there? Bob

printer setuo

2007-05-22 Thread bobsetch
I'm new to linux and have etch installed with gnome and things seem to be ok but I can't get my printer installed. I've gone to desktop, admin., printing, new printer and etch recognized the hp printer and I selected finish. I then right clicked on the printer, selected pref. and made it my defa

Re: etch help

2007-05-09 Thread bobsetch
-- Original message -- From: Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] Back again, synaptic package manager search openoffice openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core select mark for installation could not mark all for installation or update the following packages have u

Etch install

2007-05-07 Thread bobsetch
Hello! I'm new to linux, debian and etch. I've loaded etch onto another computer and am lost. I used the gui loader and expected to get to a place that was helpful but no way. When I power up I get what appears to be a gnome desktop with some games but I have no idea how to get a word processor