On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 5:44 PM, fred smith <fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>wrote:
> Hi! > > I did a base (default) install from i686 DVD onto my netbook. it's > working fine, but... > > it doesn't have any tools to configure any printers. so using "add/remove > software" I searched for "printing" and it came up with an item "Printing > Support" > and installed it. > > but I still don't have any items in any of the menus to allow printer > configuration. > > there is a package installed named > system-config-printer-libs-1.3.9-1.fc17.i686 > but it doesn't seem to contain anything obviously designed as an end-user > UI > for configuring printers. > > how is one supposed to set up a printer on F17? > > (I suppose I could fall back on browsing to port 630...) > > thanks! > > Fred > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as > the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain > letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers > of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online > community. > --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 > ----------------------------- The Boulder Pledge > ----------------------------- > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > If using an HP printer, go to the "Add/remove software", search for "hplip" and mark the two that are not installed for installation. I don't know if yum will work on this one. I have this challenge all the time when upgrading to the next version; I love the challenge knowing that, in Linux, the solution is relatively simple.
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