Anne Wilson wrote: > On 23/01/12 15:06, Neal Becker wrote: >> I was so happy to see, maybe 1 year back, that fedora/kde had finally >> progressed to the point that when I tried to add my home printer it was >> autodetected, and I didn't have to specify the make, model, etc. >> >> Not any more. Seems pretty broken now. >> >> I seem to have 3 ways to try to add a printer. I can use system settings >> (kde). >> This, unlike the other ways, actually works. But it doesn't detect my >> printer, and I do need to select make/model etc. >> >> The other two ways I find by opening application launcher and search for >> 'print' which shows 2 items, 1 called 'printer configuration' and 1 called >> 'printing'. >> Neither of them work at all. The first gives me >> 'cups-authorization-cancelled' when I try to add a new printer, without >> having ever asked for any >> authorization. (This seems to be just another way to get to the kde printer >> config dialog, but a broken one). The other seems like a gnome version. >> IIRC this one also fails but later in the process. >> > Adding a printer through the CUPS page (localhost:631) has always > required you to be root. Did you go to the Admin page and log in as > root? In the past I found that it is often best to set up the printer > on this interface before doing anything else, but then I've used hplip > to set up mine for the past 3 years, so things could be different now. > > Then again, have you tried system-config-printer? > > Other than that, it might help if you gave us a clue what printer you > are trying to add, in case there are any specifics. > > Anne I'm not particularly looking for help here in setting up my printer. I'm concerned for the poor fedora noob, who will find the process pretty much broken. _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
