Bug 79071

Summary: cant configure Epson Stylus SCAN 2500, wont print test page or anything else
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <enchevich>
Component: redhat-config-printerAssignee: Tim Waugh <twaugh>
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Description Need Real Name 2002-12-05 12:00:46 UTC
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Description of problem:
after following directly RedHat's procedure for printer installation printer
(Epson Stylus SCAN 2500) wont print. 
lpr exits with message: 
lpr: unable to print file: client-error-not-found

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run redhat-config-printer
2. Select LOCAL, usb, Epson 2500, gimp-print (or any driver including PostScript)
3. Try to print test page (even ASCII wont print)

Actual Results:  got error message box

Expected Results:  a test page should have been printed

Additional info:

1. please email to enchevich regarding this
2. list of processes shows a defunct netstat even though i did not run netstat??
root      3407  0.0  0.5  7268 2676 ?        S    03:30   0:00 cupsd
root      3788  0.4  1.7 17520 8960 ?        S    03:38   0:04
/usr/bin/gnome-terminal
root      3790  0.0  0.4  5908 2456 ?        S    03:38   0:00
/usr/libexec/gconfd-2 15
root      3792  0.0  0.4  5588 2156 ?        S    03:38   0:00
/usr/libexec/bonobo-activation-server --ac-activate --ior-output-fdroot     
3793  0.0  0.3  4232 1576 pts/1    S    03:38   0:00 bash
root      3967  0.0  0.2  3868 1112 ?        S    03:41   0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/local/mozilla/run-mozilla.sh /usr/local/mozilla/mozillroot      3980  2.3 
4.9 43628 25692 ?       S    03:41   0:19 /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla-bin
file:///usr/share/doc/redhat-config-root      4093  0.0  0.0     0    0 ?      
 Z    03:46   0:00 [netstat <defunct>]
lp        4119  0.0  0.2  4352 1076 ?        S    03:54   0:00 lpd Waiting

Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2002-12-05 12:13:40 UTC
redhat-config-printer does not configure CUPS, only LPRng, in 8.0.

(The current development version does handle CUPS though.)