Fuck you spam motherfucker!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "major" <major@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Anthony Baldwin" <mrbaldwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 6:54 AM Subject: Re: printer problem (the saga continues) > > On 2003.06.19 18:12, anthony baldwin wrote: > > 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. > > ----------------- > major@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
