Hi !
Before I forget to mention what setup/system i have, i write it down here:
RedHat 6.2 (Halloween V edition - if that matters, but i doubt)
Kernel 2.2.11 (yea, not very up to date)
128 MB RAM
P2-350
using KDE as Desktop
updated the lpr today
Here are a couple of questions that came up after installing RH 6.2 and
fixing the printing bug (now printing works ok). In this conclusion i read
somewhere that there is a printer driver out for the HP DeskJet 88xC/89xC
family, right now i print with the dj550C driver which works, but the
colours are pretty crappy printed. I guess i can find the driver somewhere
out there in the net, but
a) where do i have to store it / where are all the other drivers stored ?
b) after storing it there, will it appear automatically under printtool ?
c) if not, will it work if i just exchange the name dj550c to dj880c in the
printcap file ?
Oke, next question. Installation of programs is done by root, ok, but how
can i allow my other user (dave) execute the new installed software ? What
i normally do is:
a) root installs a program (either rpm or with compiling)
b) root creates a link on the KDE desktop / menu folder
c) the program runs fine for root
But after logging in as user dave and firing up kde i don't see the links
( which is logic !). What must i do to get the same menus and links for
user dave as i have them for user root (except those apps for
administrating the system). Does it work if i copy the desktop file from
/root to /home/dave ? How can i give permission for user dave to execute
the programs that root installed ?
Basically how can i clone root to be dave without administration power for
console (and KDE) ?
Still fiddling with KDE i downloaded some apps (kmp3, kvirc, kicq). They
got stored in /opt/kde, where the old KDE went to also (i have a RH 5.2 box
with KDE 1.1, too). But now KDE 1.1.2 dissapears also in the /usr jungle
and i have a pale thought that there was sth with a $kdedir thingie. May
you give me advice how i can get KDE apps running that install to /opt/kde
? I bet there is a cheap and cheesy trick to it.
Ok, i'm not done yet. I installed the apps either with rpm or with
./configure, (g)make, (g)make install. Installation went fine, but where
are the apps now ? Is there a way to determine where they went if they
can't be found in /usr/bin ?? Is there a way to influence where the app is
stored ? Why are all apps thrashed into one directory ? That looks more
like a windows behaviour .....installing all to C:\windows. Is there a
reason for that ? Why aren't the apps stored in single directories together
with their docs, howtos, scripts and config files ? I think that would make
it just easier to find stuff, the search function is not that fast.
Finally I got in trouble with one of my worst Linux nightmares. The
libstdc++.so.2.9. Where do i get it ? In which rpm package is it ? Is it
the same like the libstdc++.2.9 ? Will a link for libstdc++.so.2.9 to
libstdc++.2.9 do the trick ? Why is it so hard to have only one name for
one thing ?
Besides that - why is it always a nightmare to get software installed
under Linux. To me that is far more complicated than fixing a messed up
config file. RPM at least shows where stuff goes.
Oke, oke, that's enough for today. If you can find an answer to my
questions i will include your name in my motd file ;).
Thanks in advance and have a great day/night,
Greez
Dave
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