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[jonyo]

Wasn't sure myself whether to post it but have seen others do it so figured it was ok. There are (or were) some dead links out there.

[nic2109]

I've tried out Dingo A2 + CUPS with an HP Photosmart 2575.

The first thing I discovered is that if you need a .ppd file then d/l it first and put it in /usr/share/cups/model. When I tried this while the wizard was running - it helpfully tells you what to do if your printer isn't listed - everything hangs. Following a reboot, and putting the .ppd in the right place first, the wizard worked fine.

Next: USB connected. No joy. I set it to use USB#1 but nothing happens. the status is

Printer State: idle, accepting jobs.
"Unable to open USB device "usb:/dev/usb/lp1": No such device"
Device URI: usb:/dev/usb/lp0.

Lastly: unplug the USB lead and try the Ethernet connection. No better.

I tried many combinations of ipp and http protocol, but with no luck.

(In case I did it wrong, can some please re-assure me that where the examples say something like http://hostname:631/ipp/' that I substitute the actual ip address of the printer for 'hostname'. If not then this might be my problem.).

I wish I had more success, but so far - nothing has worked. Are there any diagnostic tests I should try? I have tried to ping the printer's i/p address and it's fine.

[BarryK]

[BarryK]

[BarryK]

Where's raffy and raman? I want them to test the new pmount, make sure it detects all usb and sata devices, and mounts ntfs read-write. Make sure you grab the latest off ibiblio, that I have just uploaded.

[zygo]

The original pmount (in the iso) detects my floppy drive. The new one does not.

[nic2109]

[BarryK]

[BarryK]

nic2109,
It's interesting that the first usb choice only has the "(6541)" next to it. In my case, two printers that I have tested with, the full name of the printer was displayed. So, I can see why you were uncertain which option to choose.

As to why nothing prints.... that's where I curse CUPS, for the many times I have clicked that button to print a test page and nothing prints. Sometimes even there's no error message, as in your case.

With your printer, is there a close model in the Gutenprint range of drivers that you can try? -- you would have seen a big list in one of the pull-down windows.

[BarryK]

nic2109,
I just remembered something, there's another thread in this forum where someone reported the same problem as you. They fixed it by installing the full 'hpijs' package -- the thread has a link to a .pup package.
It may be that something is missing if you only obtained the ppd file -- I would like to know what.

[Caneri]

Try this

http://www.puppylinux.ca/members/printing3/

[Béèm]

@BarryK

Fine that you did put the link of your blog in the signature.
I appreciate.

[JustGreg]

When I start up the 392 alpha version, I notice the following icons were missing: home, html, chat, drive, and save. The desktop files were pointing to the wrong icon files.

Home points to home48.png. The file that works is folder48.png
Html points to webeditor48.png. The file that works is webedit48.png.
Chat points to kopete48.png. The file that works is chat48.png.
Drive points to usbflashdrive48.png. The file that works is drive48.png
Save points to saveflash48.png. The file that works is save48.png.

I hope this helps.

[Jnoble]

Barry
I don't know enough about programing to tell you what needs fixing, but I'll tell you what I did to make it work and you'll probably know. I went to /etc/ppp/chap secrets, which had nothing in it and added (username * password *) and it worked. Also clicking on connect always brings up the modem setup screen, even after you have already setup modem. clicking on modem setup then brings up pupdial setup screen.
Hope this helps.
Jim

[plinej]

/usr/local/bin/play can be removed since it's for gxine.