Re: Making a printer def "stick"

[Tom Eastgard <tom eastgard org>]

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M.Hockings wrote:
| I now have three working RH systems running at home two RH8 for
two of
| the kids and a FC1 "server".  My problem is this, and it seems to be
| common to all the machines.
|
| I define a printer for the system, it is on the lan and can be
connected
| to via SMB or LPR.  (I have tried both and the result is the
same.)  It
| works fine, prints test pages just peachy.  Next someone else logs
into
| the machine, starts OpenOffice or the like then goes to print
their work
| -- the printer is not there.  If I open the printer tool from
their id
| it says no printers.  So I say make a new one.  Then the original
| printer definition is visible.  So I just quit, and it asks "save
| changes" -- no changes were made though, but I save anyway. Quit
out of
| the printer tool, restart OpenOffice and voila the printer is
there and
| will print.  Then next time a user logs into the machine it is the
same
| thing.  I am sure that my kids can manage to do this if I give
them the
| root pwd but I'm hesitant to do this -- I've moved them to Linux
in an
| attempt to reduce the time I have to spend "fixing"their machines ;-)
|
| Any thoughts about how to make the printer definition stay?  It is
set,
| as far as I can tel, as the default printer in all cases but seems to
| disappear.  I suspect it may be an authority thing, that is, it only
| becomes visible to the user after running the printer tool (which
| requires the root pwd).

I have the same problem with a RH9 installation.  In my case, I only
have to open the printer tool and "Edit".  I don't change anything,
but close the window and "Apply" and the printer is back until next
time I reboot.

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