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 <snipped>
> > 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 > root@192-168-1-2:/home/weaver# > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Which appears to be another issue again. > So, what is happening here? Don't run hp-setup as root is what I should have said (cannot connect to X server as weaver owns it). > > 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'. As lpadmin doesn't seem to be a package, as such, I'm unable > to use a gui file manager like Thunar and change permissions through > 'properties' which is how I've been doing it up till now. > > I wouldn't have a clue about the other situation. Is root a member of lpadmin? No matter - you should be doing hp-setup as weaver (who is). > Where to from here? > Regards and thanks, > > Weaver. > Sorry about that - it occurred to me *after* posting. 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/4e8ea4c5.6060...@gmail.com
