[NTLUG:Discuss] Printing problems #2

[Carter B. Bennett]

Thanks for all the input on my printing problems, now for another twist. When
booting Corel Linux one is confronted with five choices, they are:

1. Corel Linux
2. Linux VGA Mode
3. Linux Console
4. Linux Debug
5. Linux Expert

I have always used the first choice ( Corel Linux ), but today started playing
around with the other choices. When I used number five ( Linux Expert ), I
setup the printer and it worked wonderfully, with all the apps and lpr commands.

One would think that #5 would put you in as super user, but you are presented
with the same login screen as the #1 pick ( and that would be a drop down box
with all the users and root to pick from, and then to supply a password to
finish the login ), I even tried to gain access to a root file while logged in
on #5 and it told me access denied, so it is enforcing permissions.

So I thought maybe I needed to first go in as expert, setup the printer then
exit reboot go back in as #1 the default and the printer would be available for
me to use, wrong, now I need to know what the diff is between the two and how
do they expect someone to print with the default login mode.

Once again thanks for all the help. I have checked the log files and the
printcap file and all seem okay and when logged in as #1 now it looks as if
data is sent to the printer ( I don't get the error messages I received
yesterday ), but nothing prints.





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Carter B. Bennett
Little House Computer Services (LHCS)

Using Red Hat 6.0 & Corel Linux (A laptop's wet dream.) 
Linux Rocks!!!

You may be able to kill two birds with one stone, but in the end,
when it's all over, all you really have is two dead birds, 
and your short one stone.

My tires were slashed and I almost crashed but the Lord had mercy.
					Bruce Springsteen, Rosalita, 1973