CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 10:36:57PM +0000, s. keeling wrote: > > This is on Etch with "Desktop Environment" de-selected on install (no > > Gnome or KDE :-). Perhaps my mistake was in installing xserver-xorg > > before printer configuration. Surely then, it would notice there'd be > > no web browser it could be configured with? Or can you [configure] CUPS > > with w3m? :-P > > You can configure CUPS not just with w3m but also with vim. :)
Sorry to hear that. > > aptitude -R install foomatic-filters-ppds > > And what does apt-get install foomatic-filters-ppds get you? ------------------------------- (0) heretic /home/keeling_ dpkg -L foomatic-filters-ppds | wc -l 2696 ------------------------------- So, perhaps ca. two thousand, six hundred, and ninety five files which have nothing to do with my printer? At least they're all gzipped ... > > The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED: > ... > > Considering all the confusion and myriad pleas from people trying to > > get CUPS working on their systems, should we really be going down this > > road? CUPS has made a mess of printer configuration. > > It has? WFM. First go too. Good for you, I'm glad for you; and irrelevant. Yes, CUPS works. What if you don't want to use CUPS? Have you not seen all the posts from noobs pleading for help with CUPS configs? I'm supporting a person who's using CUPS. Going to the CUPS localhost:631 port gets us a username & password prompt, and even root password is refused (*buntu). BTW, see my .sig, please. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
