[vox-tech] Ubuntu - Configuring Printers

[Peter Jay Salzman]

Got svnserve to authenticate correctly.  It pointed to a mis-formed authz
file, which was my fault.  I was playing around with authz on my previous
Debian system and forgot to undo the changes.

On the bright side, I now fully understand the authz file.  The syntax is a
bit convoluted, but it's a really powerful mechanism!




On Fri 02 Oct 09, 12:57 PM, Peter Jay Salzman <p at dirac.org> said:
> No, it didn't.  It's weird because in screenshots on the web I saw something
> like "Add local printer" in the Kubuntu system tool thingie, but it didn't
> show up for me.
> 
> But now it works, so I'm happy.
> 
> But if the system tool uses cups as a back-end, then perhaps it's not
> surprising since cups is broken when AppArmor is running.
> 
> I guess in some respects I'm like a dinosaur -- I've been using BSD lpd
> since my Redhat 5.1 days.  I remember when cups came out; it seemed so
> needlessly complicated compared to good old lpd.  Didn't want to mess with a
> working system, so I never used cups.
> 
> And since I have all my .configs, GUI tools always seemed superfluous
> compared to command line configuration.  But I think that's because I still
> remember the "good" ol Redhat 5.1/hamm days when you were lucky to get an X
> server running a few days after you installed the system...
> 
> 
> Now I'm wrestling with getting svnserve to allow remote access to my
> repositories.  It doesn't appear to be reading the passwd file, and from
> Googling, it appears that svnserve logging has always been on the "todo"
> list, but never actually implemented.  Argh!  I think I might have to resort
> to stracing svnserve to see what it's doing when I try to commit remotely.
> Argh^2!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri 02 Oct 09,  9:38 AM, Brian Lavender <brian at brie.com> said:
> > System -> Administration -> Printing -> New
> > 
> > didn't work?
> > 
> > On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 11:04:23PM -0400, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Newly installed Kubuntu 9.04.  So far, everything has gone very smoothly.
> > > Getting my printer to print is the first snag.
> > > 
> > > I have a parallel port HP LaserJet 6MP.  I have the working /etc/printcap
> > > file from my previous Debian installation, but I'd like to set up the
> > > printer using the Kubuntu Way.  I noticed Kubuntu comes with cups.
> > > 
> > > What is the Kubuntu Way of configuring a printer?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > The correct modules are loaded:
> > > 
> > >    # lsmod | grep par
> > >    parport_pc             40100  1
> > >    parport                42220  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
> > > 
> > > The proper device file is being created by udev:
> > > 
> > >    # ll /dev/lp0
> > >    crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 2009-09-28 01:54 /dev/lp0
> > > 
> > > The printer appears to be recognized at boot-time:
> > > 
> > >    parport_pc 00:08: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
> > >    parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, using FIFO [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP]
> > >    ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
> > >    lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
> > > 
> > > However, weird stuff happens later on in boot-up:
> > > 
> > >    ppdev0: registered pardevice
> > >    ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
> > >    lp0: ECP mode
> > >    ppdev0: registered pardevice
> > >    ppdev0: negotiated back to compatibility mode because user-space forgot
> > >    ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
> > >    type=1503 audit(1254449721.984:5): operation="sysctl" requested_mask="::r"
> > >       denied_mask="::r" fsuid=7 name="/proc/sys/crypto/fips_enabled" pid=29213
> > >       profile="/usr/sbin/cupsd"
> > >    ppdev0: registered pardevice
> > >    ppdev0: unregistered pardevice
> > >    (repeats this a few times)
> > > 
> > > I don't appear to have EPP mode:
> > > 
> > >    # cat /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/modes
> > >    PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP
> > > 
> > > But none of this may matter; I'm not sure.  How does one configure a printer
> > > under Ubuntu 9.04?
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > Pete