Yes, my problem would a bit more obscured by the fact of gs conflicts with magicfilter. I am able to print plain text docs. However, HTML, ps and pdf formats cannot be prited without serious errors. Thus I prefer to wait for the slink release in CD. I am using now other distributions (OpenLinux 1.3, SuSE 6.0, Slackware 3.6) without any printing problem. Regards,
Gustavo Peter Ludwig wrote: > You are absolutely wright! I just downgrade to hamm for the same problem. > I could print in text mode only, but I think the problem was not due to > permission > mistakes. Anyway I will stop the upgrade to slink to total defrozen. > > > The following message is a courtesy copy of an article > > that has been posted to linux.debian.user as well. > > > > I just upgraded from hamm to slink. I have found one problem with the > > upgrade in the lprng package. I downgraded to the hamm version until > > such time as it gets fixed. Basically after installing the new > > version, I could not print due to some time of permissions error. I > > have the standard lpd.conf and lpd.perms files as defined by Debian. > > Just a question for both parties concerned here, did you remember to > change your printer setup over to the new lp* format? > > Slink has removed lp0 and replaced it with lp1 (I believe that's the way > it is), anyway I first off could not print under slink until I had a look > at the new config file, and realised it had hosed my configuration for my > printer, and also changed the printer port... but it's working great now > that I've changed the printer port to the new settings. > > Actually I've just remembered, the new kernel version (2.2.1 is what I'm > running) is the thing that changed the lp port... geez, have to remember > these things else I'll be considered a fool... (though that isn't hard for > people who have actually met me) <grin>. > > Regards, > Peter Ludwig > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Dr. A. Gustavo Gonzalez Dept. Anal. Chem., Univ. Seville (Spain) Phone: (34) 5-4557173 Fax: (34) 5-4557168 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]