Re: Inability to configure printer
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 07:15:52PM -0500, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On 2/11/07, Ken Heard <ken@heard.name> wrote:
>
> I tried today to add my only printer to CUPS from a P3 box running Etch.
> I first used CUPS's own installation wizard
> (http://localhost:631/admin). I answered all the questions about the
> printer faithfully. After providing the printer information I was asked
> for a user name and password, which I provided.
>
> CUPS typically expects 'root' and the root password, in my experience.
> Try that instead of an ordinary username.
I think its ok if you are in group lpadmin.
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Chris.
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Don't forget to check that your /etc/apt/sources.lst entries point to
etch and not testing, otherwise you may end up with a broken system once
etch goes stable.
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