On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 17:21:39 +0200, steef wrote:
hi list,
maybe a stupid question, but nevertheless...
i have etch installed on one of my hd's, with a kde-desktop. like
allways i built this os from an absolute minimum of packages.
last night i tried to install my hp-printer with the kde-tool : kcontrol
peripherals >> printers etc. *the kde-printertool did not recognize
my root_passwd* with the adjustment of the digital clock on the desktop
it is the same thing.
{in both cases it was easy to work around this problem. the hp_printer
psc_1402 with localhost:631 and the clock with # tzconfig.)
i vaguely remember i read something before on these problems on this
list, but could not find it.
somebody else with the same experience?? any comment appreciated,
I seem to remember that this also happened on Sid when KDE 3.5.5 came
around. Looks like it has now propagated to Etch. On Sid it was fixed
quickly, so I would hope that the same happens with Etch.
A somewhat useful workaround goes like this: When you are asked for the
root password you can see the full command that will be run as root. For
example, to set the clock this is