[nflug] Down in the cups

Joe josephj at main.nc.us
Fri Feb 29 13:08:13 EST 2008


Cyber Source wrote:
> That's a good point. When's the last time you updated the packages on
> that box?  Sounds like you have some stuff that needs updating. On the
> cups admin page, it used to warn you that lpadmin settings can
> override the cups settings. I think things are more tightly ingrained
> now. It would probably behoove you to do a complete update. "apt-get
> update" then "apt-get upgrade". You'll probably need to edit your
> /boot/grub/menu.lst file after and BEFORE you reboot or you might have
> problems rebooting if it updates kernel stuff.
>
> Darin Perusich wrote:
>> It's a way of setting your default printer if you don't want to use the
>> global default. It usually only comes into play in large environments
>> where there are many printers. You could set this in your .bashrc file.
>>
>> If you clicked 'Set as Default' for this printer from the CUPS admin
>> page I'm surprised that it hasn't been set as default, I've never seen
>> this behavior before.
>>
>> Joe wrote:
>>  
>>> No.   Should I?  Setting it seems to fix the problem.   Where is it
>>> documented?  Where should I set it so it's there next time I
>>> login/reboot?
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>
>>   
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It seems to have fixed itself.   Maybe from rebooting.  I did restart
cups, etc.  And I do run the update notifier in my panel and update very
frequently.  It's just that OOo always says it needs an update
(erroneously), so I may wait a day or two between checking.

Joe


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