On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 08:09 -0800, Alan Evans wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > In that screen in system-config-printer did you fill in the: > > user-name and passwd boxes. Evidently that is sometimes needed,, and > > filling those boxes should solve your problem. > > I never knew that there were user-name and passwd boxes. They > certainly weren't easy to find. Had to click on the "Change..." button > next to the "Device URI" entry. (Which doesn't make any intuitive > sense to me since I can just change the URI in the entry directly.) > Then I had to enter the root password *twice* before it would draw the > resulting dialog. Then I changed the radio selection to "Set > authentication details now" and entered the printer's Username and > Password into the entries and clicked "Apply". Then I was prompted for > the root password *again*. > > So now I'm back at the Printer Properties dialog. I click the "Print > Test Page" button and "Printer State" changes to "Idle - Tree connect > failed (NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED)", which I interpret as some kind of > error. However, the printer spits out a test page! > > But alas, still no joy in the non-test-page world. Every time I print, > the system asks for the printer's Username and Password. > This is question for Tim Waugh who designed system-config-printer. When I did it I interpreted the Username and Passwwd boxes to refer to values on the Win XP machine .. I did not enter root even once into the user box and you should not either unless you are trying to run system-config-printer as yourself . not as root. I would address the question to Tim since he reads this list or file a Bugzilla explaining the problem since he works for redhat he should pick it up there. -- ======================================================================= A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. -- Winston Churchill ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines