Here is a list of items that I have updated recently with apt-get:
aalib_1.4rc5-fr1_i386.rpm kdesdk-gimp_3.0.5a-3_i386.rpm cabextract_0.6-fr1_i386.rpm lock celestia_1.2.5-fr1_i386.rpm lokkit_0.50-21.8.0_i386.rpm cups_1%3a1.1.17-0.2_i386.rpm mysql_3.23.56-1.80_i386.rpm cups-devel_1%3a1.1.17-0.2_i386.rpm mysql-devel_3.23.56-1.80_i386.rpm cups-libs_1%3a1.1.17-0.2_i386.rpm mysql-server_3.23.56-1.80_i386.rpm evolution_1.0.8-11_i386.rpm nmap_2%3a3.20-fr1_i386.rpm gkrellm_1%3a2.1.8-fr1a_i386.rpm nmap-frontend_2%3a3.20-fr1_i386.rpm glibc_2.3.2-4.80_i686.rpm nscd_2.3.2-4.80_i386.rpm glibc-common_2.3.2-4.80_i386.rpm partial glibc-debug_2.3.2-4.80_i686.rpm samba_2.2.7-4.8.0_i386.rpm glibc-debug-static_2.3.2-4.80_i386.rpm samba-client_2.2.7-4.8.0_i386.rpm glibc-devel_2.3.2-4.80_i386.rpm samba-common_2.2.7-4.8.0_i386.rpm glibc-profile_2.3.2-4.80_i386.rpm samba-swat_2.2.7-4.8.0_i386.rpm glibc-utils_2.3.2-4.80_i386.rpm zlib_1.1.4-8.8x_i386.rpm gnome-lokkit_0.50-21.8.0_i386.rpm zlib-devel_1.1.4-8.8x_i386. rpm
It was after these updates that I became unable to print. Does anyone know what here may have caused the problem?
If you recall, I have a Lexmark z33 and had been using the driver they provide from their website with LPD. After running apt-get update and upgrade last weekend my printer stopped functioning with any app but KWord. Now, for some reason, it is not even printing with KWord, likely because I have tried every other possible configuration of CUPS+foomatic, LPR, and goat sacrifice and have confused the system. I have reinstalled the printer driver about a dozen times. This driver had worked fine with RH 7.2, 6.3 and 8.0 and WAS working with 9 until last weekend when I ran these updates. I can still drive the printer from my OS X iBook, so the printer itself is fine. If I can identify a specific package that has disable the driver, I will remove and reinstall the older version, hopefully to regain printing capabilities. I would gladly provide and further information that would assist a diagnosis of this problem for me, and deeply appreciate any offered assistance.
I'm crossposting to my local LUG. (sorry)
tony
Anthony, you may have installed incorrect packages of software. I suggest that you download and install the Red Hat version 9 update packages. Red Hat allows web access to their file transfer site. Point your web browser to "http://updates.redhat.com";. The site is organized by version ("9"), language ("en" for English), media format ("os" for operating systems), and architecture ("SRPMS" for source rpms, "athlon" for AMD Athlon, "i386" for Intel 80386, "i586" for Intel Pentium, "i686" for Intel Pentium II, "noarch" for no particular architecture). The "i386" architecture directory contains the bulk of the binary packages, while "athlon", "i586", and "i686" contain kernels and libraries that are compiled for the speed and features of those architectures. Red Hat compiles the common packages for the Intel 80386 since those other architectures are backward compatible. The printing packages that might help you are at "http://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386";.
The following printing and document packages may be of interest. LPRng-3.8.19-3.1.i386.rpm cups-1.1.17-13.3.i386.rpm cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.i386.rpm cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.i386.rpm foomatic-2.0.2-15.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-7.05-32.1.i386.rpm ghostscript-devel-7.05-32.1.i386.rpm hpijs-1.3-32.1.i386.rpm xpdf-2.01-9.i386.rpm xpdf-chinese-simplified-2.01-9.i386.rpm xpdf-chinese-traditional-2.01-9.i386.rpm xpdf-japanese-2.01-9.i386.rpm xpdf-korean-2.01-9.i386.rpm
"LPRng" is the "LPR Next Generation", which is the default print server for some Red Hat versions before 9. "cups" is the "Common UNIX Printing System", which is the default print server for Red Hat 9. "foomatic" is a printer driver database system that works with both LPRng and CUPS. "ghostscript" is a translator which converts Postscript (the common printing output format of most Linux programs) to many other printer formats, so that a printer that does not understand Postscript natively (like a Lexmark Z33 apparently) can still be used. "hpijs" has optimized drivers for some Hewlett Packard printers. "xpdf" is a Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer.
If you need help understanding the Red Hat Package Manager, then look at the manual pages for "rpm" and "rpmbuild". You should take care if you decide to update the "kernel" and "glibc" related packages to know exactly what you are doing because incorrectly doing so may make your Linux system unbootable, unrunnable, or both. If you are interested in further understanding this, then start another thread of discussion on the Red Hat 9 mailing list.
The web page at "http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Lexmark-Z33"; describes the Lexmark Z33 printer and says that the manufacturer's driver does not support CUPS, but the Lexmark driver, date 2001-10-25, version 1.04, file "CJLZ33LE.TAR.GZ", available from
"http://drivers.lexmark.com/drivers.nsf/SelectPrinter
?OpenForm&Lexmark+Z33+Color+Jetprinter" does have a script for setting up CUPS support. Since you describe your previous successful use of the Lexmark Z33 printer with Red Hat, one may presume that it worked with LPRng but could work with CUPS as well.
"CJLZ33LE.TAR.GZ" is a gzipped tape archive that contains an instruction file "README", and an installer "lexmarkz33-1.0-4.sh" that is a hybrid text and binary file that contains another gzipped tape archive which itself contains a Red Hat Package Manager (rpm) file and various scripts. To obtain the contents of "CJLZ33LE.TAR.GZ" perform the following directions. I use "/DOWNLOAD" as the directory containing the driver archive. Please substitute your personal download directory.
######################################################## cd /tmp/ cp /DOWNLOAD/CJLZ33LE.TAR.GZ . mkdir CJLZ33LE cd CJLZ33LE gzip -cd ../CJLZ33LE.TAR.GZ | tar xvf - mkdir lexmarkz33-1.0-4 cd lexmarkz33-1.0-4 tail +156 ../lexmarkz33-1.0-4.sh | gzip -cd | tar xvf - ########################################################
Schematically, the preceding script does the following:
(1) change your current directory to "/tmp",
(2) copy the driver file "CJLZ33LE.TAR.GZ" there,
(3) make a new directory called "CJLZ33LE",
(4) change your current directory to "/tmp/CJLZ33LE",
(5) decompress the driver from the parent directory using "gzip" and pipe its output to the tape archive program "tar" to extract its content, producing "README" and "lexmarkz33-1.0-4.sh",
(6) make a new directory called "lexmarkz33-1.0-4",
(7) change your current directory to "/tmp/CJLZ33LE/lexmarkz33-1.0-4", and
(8) use "tail" to output the binary portion of "lexmarkz33-1.0-4.sh" located in the parent directory starting from line 156, piping its output to "gzip" to decompress it, and piping that output to "tar" to extract the archive.
Use the following command to list the contents of the packaged file. #################################### rpm -qilp lexmarkz33-1.0-4.i386.rpm ####################################
You may be able to understand the Lexmark driver better and use its scripts once you can read them by following the previous procedures. If you are still having problems in the future, it may concern the USB nature of your printer or some corruption of other configuration files. There are many possibilities.
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