Re: Samsung laser drivers for Linux - thinking aloud

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On 02/15/2013 03:21 PM, Jim wrote:
> On 02/15/2013 09:56 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>> Fernando Cassia wrote:
>> 
>>> So the $1M question is: can´t Samsung design drivers which can be 
>>> installed via a package manager (rpm), or via a cups install routine, 
>>> instead of the current method?. I´m sure they can, in theory.
>> I agree completely. I have a number of Samsung devices (printer, Android,
>> TV) and while the hardware in all cases is of the highest quality, the
>> software is always bizarre in some way, seemingly produced by someone
>> whose thought processes run along different lines to my own. Eg my
>> clp-325W printer is supposed to be WiFi-enabled, but for some reason you
>> have to put in a password to use this, and I have never succeeded in
>> doing this. Apparently one has to press several buttons simultaneously to
>> change the password, but the instructions are obviously for some other
>> printer, since the buttons described do not exist on this printer. Many
>> other people have encountered the same problem, but Samsung's response to
>> queries is to consult the supplier, who in my case at least does not have
>> the slightest idea what to do ...
>> 
>> 
>> 
> SeLinux has problems with the Samsung Downloaded drivers.
> 
> After you  have installed the driver you have to do a ;
> 
> setenforce 0; fixfiles -F restore; setenforce 1; reboot
> 
> and then complete setup with system-config-printer .
> 
> I prefer keeping SeLinux enabled so that is why I don't disable it.
No reason to put the machine into permissive mode while you are relabeling.

And running restorecon on the location where the samsung drivers were
installed, would work quicker.


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