I actually found a better solution especially for automated kickstart- copy or create /etc/cups/printers.conf in post section of kickstart filem. Seems to work well ------Original Message------ From: mark To: golharam@xxxxxxxxx To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: Kickstart + RHEL5 + printer configuration Sent: Aug 15, 2008 7:39 PM Ryan Golhar wrote: > Unfortunately that tool requires a GUI and there doesn't seem to be a > shell equivalent. If you're working with CUPS, the answer is the text mode web browser lynx, and go to localhost:631 mark > > > Chet Nichols III wrote: >> I haven't done it personally, but according to the RHEL 5 deployment >> docs ( >> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Deployment_Guide-en-US/ch-printing.html), >> >> it says you can use system-config-printer from the command line. >> Let us know how it goes. Good luck! >> >> Chet >> >> 2008/7/25 Ryan Golhar <golharam@xxxxxxxxx> >> >>> I'm trying to set up a kickstart configuration file for RHEL 5. One >>> of the >>> things I used to have in RHEL 3 was a post-installation section to >>> install a >>> common printer using printconf-tui to import printer settings from an >>> existing configuration file. >>> >>> In RHEL5, I can only find the system-config-printer program which is a >>> graphical application. What happened to printconf-tui? The >>> system-config-printer have an equivalent shell version? >>> >>> I used printconf-tui to output printer settings and also used it to >>> import >>> printer settings. How do I do this in RHEL 5? >>> >>> Ryan >>> >>> >>> -- >>> redhat-list mailing list >>> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >>> >> >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
