Description of problem: It seems that the bug reported earlier for Redhat 9 (Bug #88201) has again appeared in Redhat Enterprise Linux ES v3. Redhat Enterprise Linux printer configuration does not seem to function when attempting to use the same input values from Redhat 9 (Workgroup, Server, Share, User, Password) Redhat 9 was configured like this: Workgroup: GLOBAL (our company workgroup) Server: OFC2K Share: HP-LJ-1010 User name: Administrator Password: <administratorpassword> This printer is a is connected directly to a windows machine (ofc2k) that is a member of 'global' workgroup. I've tried to apply these same settings to Redhat Enterprise Linux ES in the following way (by clicking Specify and filling in the following values in the 'Authentication' window: Workgroup: GLOBAL (our company workgroup) Server: OFC2K Share: HP-LJ-1010 User name: Administrator Password: <administratorpassword> When I click 'OK' in the 'Authentication' disappears for a bit (like its going to work) and then comes back with the same data in the fields. I guess I was expecting some kind of error message if there is something that isn't correct. This process used to work perfectly fine with Redhat 9 and we had the same printer configured without any problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): redhat-config-printer-0.6.47.3.13-1 How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Select 'Printing' from the panel. 2. Enter 'root' password if needed. 3. Click 'New', Click 'Forward', Name: hplj1010, Description: ignore, click Forward. 4. Select 'Networked Windows (SMB)' as queue type 5. Click 'Specify' 6. Enter values described in Summary, click 'OK' Actual results: Authentication window goes away and comes back with no additional feed back. Repeated clicks on 'OK' have same result. Expected results: The printer should have been identified and configured as it used to happen in Redhat 9. Additional info:
I have used the following command to test the Windows 2000 share from Redhat Enterprise Linux: # cat ./.bash_profile | smbclient -U Administrator //OFC2K/HP-LJ-1010 <password> -c "print -" The output was as expected. I did try the solution suggested in Bug #88201 but it does not work.
(Do you mean bug #88291?) Please attach the output of 'printconf-tui --Xexport', after replacing your password with '<password>'. Thanks.
Opps! I meant Bug# 88021 (sorry my bad...) The output of 'printconf-tui --Xexport' is as below: <?xml version="1.0"?> <adm_context VERSION="0"> <id NAME="local" SERIAL="1"> <null/> <null/> </id> <datatree> <printconf TYPE="LIST"> <print_queues TYPE="LIST"> </print_queues> </printconf> </datatree> </adm_context>
That shows no queues configured at all. How did you configure your print queue?
A print queue is what I am trying to configure using redhat-config- printer on Redhat Enterprise Linux ES v3. As outlined in the 'Bug Comments' above, while defining the print queue when I get to the stage of specifying 'Queue Type', I select 'Networked Windows (SMB)' and click on 'Specify' to open the 'Authentication' window and then specify the values outlined in the 'Bug Comments' above, when I press OK, the Authentication window goes away and comes back with no additional feed back. Repeated clicks on 'OK' have same result. Therefore, I am not able to define a print queue for the SMB shared printer. However, even after failing to define a print queue for SMB sahred printer, when I use the following command to test the same SMB share from Redhat Enterprise Linux: # cat ./.bash_profile | smbclient -U Administrator //OFC2K/HP-LJ-1010 <password> -c "print -" the contents of ./.bash_profile do get printed on the SMB shared printer.
Sorry, I should have remembered that. Could you please try the experimental redhat-config-printer packages at: http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/tmp to see if they fix the problem? Thanks.
I have downloaded and installed the following rpms from http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/tmp: redhat-config-printer-0.6.47.3.14-1.i386.rpm redhat-config-printer-gui-0.6.47.3.14-1.i386.rpm Unfortunately, the newly installed packages are behaving in the same manner as the previous version and therefore are not able to connect to the SMB share.
Please try these: http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/tmp/redhat-config-printer-0.6.47.3.15-1.i386.rpm http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/tmp/redhat-config-printer-gui-0.6.47.3.15-1.i386.rpm I think they should really fix the problem this time. Thanks.
The new RPMs have resolved the problem. I am now successfully able to configure the print queue for the SMB share. Thanks very much for your help. Best regards.
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