problem with printer on pcbsd

2009-11-19 Thread Robert Falanga
I am running PCBSD. I have a HP Photosmart ink jet printer connected to a USB port. during bootup I get the following line. umass1: on uhub4 usbdevs shows the following: addr 2: Photosmart 7400 series, HP umass1 Checking the /dev directorys with ls there is no umass of any kind. This p

Configuring a HP Laserjet 1018 USB printer on KDE

2008-02-28 Thread User &Robert Falanga
First am new using freebsd and would like help getting the printer configured. After installing and staarting CUPS. When I go to SETTINGS > Peripherals > printers I get: Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager: Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUP

question about xwindows

2008-02-16 Thread Robert Falanga
First let me say that I am quite new at freebsd or any other unix type system. My son helped me set up the xwindows (KDE) on this system. It has worked OK for quite a while and then yesterday I was trying to install a printer. Evidently I messed something up and now I get the following: host