polemicz

I don't think the problem is on the XP end. Samba can see the printer share, via smbclient, and I can print to the xp printer when I am using Mepis using Samba and Cups. Anyway I don't have access to the XP machine (my son is on it until goodness know when). I'm far from understanding how Linux prints to the xp share via Samba and Cups. When I do a print command how does Cups/Mandrake process it? I wonder if it is a Cups problem or Mandrake problem. My printers.conf and etc/printcap files are ok, etc. Interestingly if I boot Linux, mdk, first then Win xp I can see the win xp system via mcc->mt points->samba mt pts. So to summarize: 1. I can see the windows share and print to it via smbclient 2. Cups appears to be configured correctly 3. MCC sometimes can and sometimes cannot see the win xp box. When I can I'll try to see my linux system from Win xp, but until then any other ideas out there? Thanks.

Tried to change hostname (was plain old localhost), deleted printer and re-installed it. No deal. There is something not right in connecting to the Win XP box. As I noted I can se it with smbclient and print from smbclient, so I know that Samba is set up correctly. My Cups configuration is plain vanilla. It matches my old 9.1 configuration as well as the Mepis which works fine. From MCC -> Mount Points -> Samba Mount Points -> Search servers I can get everything on my network except the Win XP box to show up (Win ME system, and Win 2000 system). The problem musn't be on the Win XP end as Mepis is able to get to its printer. Does anyone know how diskdrake searches the samba servers (I assume that is what is run from MCC)?

I've been away for a while and am now back tho this printer mess. Here are a few clues that may shine a light for someone who knows more than I, and that ain't much: 1. smbclient sees my win xp shares correctly and can print 2. diskdrake does not see my win xp shares 3. I put Mepis on a free partition and it easily sees my win xp and sets up the printer without a hitch. All the Samba and Cups files look okay, especially having my old 9.1 ones that worked and my Mepis ones that do. Anyone have any simiilar problems accessing Win xp shares from 9.2? What puzzles me is that smbclient works fine and disk drake sees nothing! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Every time I do a new linux installation I end up with my printer woes. I have posts back last year about them, eventually by magic they resolve. They are here again after my 9.2 install. I was wise and saved my cups configuration files, but to no avail. Briefly what I have is an HP932c printer on a Win xp system. Samba is set up fine and I can print via smbclient. My cups config file is the same as for 9.1 and the printers.conf file is the same. I'm really bewildered! I have a hunch that the problem somehow lies in my workgroup name (from pre-linux days when I got cable via @home): @home. In the printers.conf file I have, in the URI name:password@@home/alien/HPDeskJe (alien is the machine with the printer). Anybody have any wisdom or similar experience. (It's Winxp sp1). Thanks.

You need to be root to access them. You can use either cli ( type su, enter, then give the root password) or in KDE use superuser mode of Konqueror. One of the nice things in Linux is that not anyone can get into those files. Do not change their permissions.

Sounds pretty awful! I am using 9.1 as my main system, but I have also set up 9.2 on its own separate set of partitions with no problems. 9.1 has been very solid for me, much more so than 9.0, but 9.2 is easier on my eyes.Printing (via a hp932 on a win xp box) and scanning (epson usb using iscan) seem to work well. I am also using 9.2 on my dell inspiron 4000 without any problems. I'd be interested in what your hardware setup is. I am actually planning to switch my 9.1 system to 9.2 after my try out of it today. Wish me luck.

I'm wondering if anyone has tried doing an upgrade from 9.1 vs fresh install of 9.2. I've always done fresh installs, but hope that some day mandrake will get the upgrade functioning. I've been using 9.2 on a separatre partition and like it so far, but haven't fully migrated.

Thanks, needed to upgrade the bonobo stuff and install ORBit. So much for urpmi dealing with all dependencies.

Decided to go to evolution 1.4 on 9.1 using Texstar's rpms. Installation was fine, but when I went to run evolution I got the following error: evolution:relocation error: /usr/lib/evolution/1.4/libeshell.so.0: undefined symbol ORBit_skel_class_register Anyone run into this and have any ideas? I do have gnome 2.2 installed, but use KDE. Thanks in advance

Mandrake and Debian use different UID's for users: Mandrake starting at UID 501 and Debian at 1000, so this will be a problem. You can, however, get around that with permissions, but you can have some bookkeeping headaches with this.

Sorry to hear you will leave Mandrake, but please don't leave this board! I've been doing Mandrake since 8.1 and have always found it to be very stable. I have never used Mandrake for support, but have used this board, and its predecessor, a lot. That is my support. I have also played with Red Hat and they have just as bad "offical" support and no board like this. I use two distros: Mandrake (currently 9.1) and Debian (the unstable). I will soon upgrade to Mandrake 9.2. My basic work is done on Mandrake, not Debian, simply because I love the configuration tools on Mandrake. To me these tools are well worth the headaches with Mandrake's business incompetence (mainly their service). My Debian is more "bleeding edge" than Mandrake, but to me Mandrake is more solid. Hope Slack goes well with you, it's one I haven't thought of trying. Good luck.

Should have noted it's Gnome 2.4 on each system, Debian and 9.2.

I'm looking at Gnome on my erstatz 9.2 (did urpmi --auto-select from 9.1, on a test system only) and my Debian. On each I set single click on the mouse (sorry I'm on KDE right now and can't remember which of the menus). My question for Gnome is how to set the number of virtual desktops. I still do not like Nautilus, vastly prefering Konqueror. Anyway for the single click it's there somewhere on the Gnome configuration menus (but not the mouse menu!).

Do you have the Samba packages installed? I've had all sorts of glitches with Mandrake 9.0 and 9.1 getting it to see my printer on a Win xp system. The printer setup in MCC couldn't see it, but I could easily configure Cups to work. Go figure! Anyway, if you have Samba set up you may try smbclient -L "win share" to see if Samba sees your win system. Post more info, good luck.

I used the tar.gz files for rc4 on my Debian system and it worked fine, no need to compile if you dl the binaries.. Should work just as well with Mdk. 1.1 is a big improvement from 1.0.3.

If you try Debian give yourself a good sized separate /var partition, you can fill it up with your deb packages. Also you can very easily add the unstable and testing sources to your apt sources list and have all the most recent software available for installation.

Mandrake starts user id's at 501, Debian at 1000. This will be a problem.

The only reason I keep a Windows partition is Quicken and Chessbase. From time to time I try out Moneydance or Gnucash, but never are statisfied and chess software and data bases only exist on Windows.

Tried the tip with Star Office, no difference that I can see.

You probably have Opera on your KDE menu, at least I did when I installed it (under networking->WWW), assuming you're using KDE. If you use it a lot, as I do, you will probably want to drag it your toolbar.

Very happy with my Epson 1660, workds very well with Linux and the Iscan software is very good.

Anyone use this? A year or so ago I tried, but had a lot of problems. What are people's experiences with it and 9.1. Thanks.

Tuxracer, I love it.

I doubt that MS can do in Linux. It is inconceivable that I would ever go back to Windows as my main system. More to the point is whether Linux will ever be able to replace Windows on the desktop with home users and businesses. In that regard I think MS is, for now, pretty secure. The volume of software available for the home user on Windows makes Windows the easy choice. That is why Apple continues to find application areas it can use to sell new systems. To date Linux has no real financial applications software (Moneydance & Gnucash are poor cousins to Quicken and MS Money), games are possible on Linux, but not something your standard teen can get up and use, etc, etc. Over time, plenty of time, things will change and MS will find its monopoly melting away. As I see it MS has a lot to lose over time, but Linux has nothing to lose. I don't know how many of you remember the monolpoly IBM had, back in the days when no one ever got fired for buying IBM. The game changed and it will continue to change. MS will try to control the game and its changes through its perversion of standards. That is how it will hold on to the business world. Remember that MS Office is their cash cow. Windows is the tax they extract on PC buyers (how many of us have paid it even though we use Linux?), the tax will continue as long as home buyers want all the Windows software goodies for their home entertainment, etc. But Windows monopoly will go away in due time.

I'm using the Epson 1660 and it works fine. Actually using iscan on Linux is so much nicer than the native Epson software on Windows. I've done a lot of photo scans, prints, negatives (color and B&W), and slides.