On 07/10/11 16:32, Weaver wrote: > On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:39:21 +1100 > Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 07/10/11 15:23, Weaver wrote: >>> On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:49:24 +0000 (UTC) >>> Camale�n <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>>>>> libusb++-dev >>> >>> O.K., I've installed libusb-dev, but also libcupsimage2-dev which is >>> also required >>> >> <snipped> >> >> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> "Printer queue setup failed. Could not connect to CUPS Server >>> Is user added to "lpadmin" group(s)" >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> ..and when I hit 'enter' from there, I get returned to the Desktop >>> 'user' prompt. An abort. That looks like a permissions issue. >>> >>> Further, when I attempt, as root, to call up hp-setup to configure >>> it that way, I get: >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> weaver@192-168-1-2:~$ su >>> Password: >>> root@192-168-1-2:/home/weaver# hp-setup >>> >>> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.11.10) >>> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0 >>> >>> Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP >>> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. >>> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it >>> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. >>> >>> No protocol specified >>> hp-setup: cannot connect to X server :0.0 >> >> >> As root that is default... >> >>> root@192-168-1-2:/home/weaver# >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> Which appears to be another issue again. >>> So, what is happening here? >>> >>> I tried to resolve the permissions issue, but I'm just getting into >>> CLI and couldn't make heads or tails of anything. I tried all sorts >>> of command combinations for a period of about a week, but the >>> computer basically said 'Go away, you're too stupid and I don't >>> want to deal with you'.
A talking computer? Best not to configure software when eating 'those' mushrooms.... ;-p >> As lpadmin doesn't seem to be a package, >> >> >> Are you a member of the lpadmin group? >> eg.:- >> $ adduser david lpadmin > > weaver@192-168-1-2:~$ groups > weaver cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev lpadmin > weaver@192-168-1-2:~$ > >> >> If so have you logged out and logged back in? Sorry - had to ask. > > Completely restarted the machine. > Exactly the same result. > Regards, > > Weaver. > Is this a local printer (attached by a USB cable)....? If so, why the cups server? K. If you don't post as [Solved] by Sunday night I'll have another think. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e8ea1d4.5020...@gmail.com
