Re: How do I setup printer?
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 09:36:48AM -0400, Jan Sneep wrote:
[please snip unnecessary bits!]
> I have it working, which is great, but now I'm wondering, what steps did I
> do that I didn't NEED to do to get this working, because I removed some
> entries from the smb.conf to get it exactly what was shown in the document,
> will I be missing some functionality that is put in by default that I might
> need down the road when I try and install some other software package and
> thus spend hours running around in circles trying to find some document some
> place that mentions that I need one of those lines that are now gone.
Ahhh!!, first BEFORE you edit any config files make a copy first!
> Mine was a pure clean Etch install (only a couple of days old) and yet
> needed to cobble together a solution from two separate documents, both of
> which purported to HAVE the answer. Perhaps there should be an "official"
> ... Doing Basic Stuff in Debian ... icon on the default desktop that gets
> installed with Debian ... yes, there can be lots of discussion about what
> constitutes "basic stuff", but adding a printer and sharing it across a LAN.
> IMHO, should have been as simple as checking a box labelled "Share this
> Printer ?" "Share with Windows computers Yes/No? "Do you want a password
> Yes/No?, etc and then have ALL the necessary changes made to the various
> config files. Once you know what to do it isn't difficult, but of course it
> is knowing what to do that is always the challenge isn't it?
Sounds good. Now who is going to implement this?
> It is kinda like wandering around in Zelda trying to figure out what
> combination of hidden buttons to hit to un-lock the next room in the
> adventure ... only with Zelda the graphics are better ... :O)
The graphics were better in Zork, well at least in my head. :-)
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Chris.
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