[NTLUG:Discuss] Redhat 7.2 printer

Alan Andrews alan at tieless.com
Wed Jan 16 10:40:00 CST 2002


I've seen this also under RedHat 7.2, although it's not on all
printers.  My HP 5000 works fine, but the Inkjet 990c refuses to do
anything.    


On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 14:37, Charley Arnold wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>     I have been following this thread because
> I have have been unable to get my Cannon S450
> printer to work under RH 7.2. The symptoms seem
> identical to what you describe. I have tried both
> the USB and parallel connections with the same
> (lack of) result.
> 
>     I realize that this doesn't help you beyond the
> implication that maybe the problem is with the RH 7.2.
> I thought I would chime in hoping this would spark
> some guru response.
> 
> Thanks,
> CEA
> 
> 
> Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> 
> > Am I to assume from the lack of response that noone has the answer? :)
> > 
> > That's hard to believe!
> > 
> > Where does RedHat 7.2 keep the kernel C header files?
> > 
> > Bobby
> > 
> > Bobby Wrenn wrote:
> > 
> >>I have been using mostly Redhat and Mandrake for the last few years and
> >>have never had problems with smb printer setup. I just built a new box
> >>and thought it would be a good time to go to RH 7.2 because of the new
> >>printer support. While the printer data base seems to be extensive, I
> >>can't get the printer to work at all. No response, no error, no nothing.
> >>After a minute or so the job gets flushed out of the queue. I'm about
> >>ready to go back to Mandrake 7.1. Everything seemed to work there. But,
> >>I would like to run the latest versions of all software I use regularly
> >>and have problems upgrading packages with RPM. So, if I can get the
> >>printer to work, I'll go on to the next problem which is VMware.
> >>
> >>Has anyone gotten VMware to run on RH 7.2?
> >>
> >>When I try to configure it I get:
> >>
> >>None of VMware's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your running
> >>kernel. Do you want this script to try to build the vmmon module for
> >>your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)?
> >>[yes]
> >>
> >>What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your
> >>running
> >>kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include]
> >>
> >>What files is the script looking for and where are they?
> >>
> >>TIA
> >>Bobby
> >>--
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