Common Linux Problems

Problem

Possible Cause and Solution

 

 

 

 

I can’t change settings in

You need to have administrator privileges to be able to change

 

the configuration tool.

global settings.

 

 

 

 

I am using the KDE

You may not have the GTK libraries installed. These usually

 

desktop but the

come with most Linux distributions, but you may have to

 

configuration tool and

install them manually. Refer to your distribution’s installation

 

LLPR won’t start.

manual for more details about installing additional packages.

 

 

 

 

I just installed this

Some versions of the KDE or GNOME desktop environments

 

package but can’t find

may require that you restart your session for the changes to

 

entries in the KDE/Gnome

take effect.

 

menus.

 

 

 

 

 

I get a “Some options are

Some printers have conflicting settings, meaning that some

 

not selected” error

settings for two options can’t be selected at the same time.

 

message while editing the

When you change a setting and the Printer Package detects

 

printer settings.

such a conflict, the conflicting option is changed to a “No

 

 

Choice” value. You have to choose an option that does not

 

 

conflict before being able to submit the changes.

 

 

 

 

I can’t make a printer the

In some conditions, it may not be possible to change the

 

system default.

default queue. This happens with some variants of LPRng,

 

 

especially on recent RedHat systems that use the “printconf”

 

 

database of queues.

 

 

When using printconf, the /etc./printcap file is

 

 

automatically refreshed from the database of printers

 

 

managed by the system (usually through the “printtool”

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command), and the queues in /etc./printcap.local are

 

appended to the resulting file. The default queue in LPRng is

 

defined as the first queue in /etc./printcap, therefore it is

 

 

not possible for the Linux Printer Package to change the

 

 

default when some queues have otherwise been defined using

 

 

printtool.

 

 

LPD systems identify the default queue as the one named “lp”.

 

 

Thus, if there is already a queue by this name, and if it

 

 

doesn’t have any alias, then you won’t be able to change the

 

 

default. To work around this, you can either delete the queue

 

 

or rename it by manually editing the /etc./printcap file.

 

 

 

 

The N-up setting does not

The N-up feature is achieved through post-processing of the

 

work correctly for some of

PostScript data that is being sent to the printing system.

 

my documents.

However, such post-processing can only be adequately

 

 

achieved if the PostScript data conforms to the Adobe

 

 

Document Structing Conventions. Problems may arise when

 

 

using N-up and other features relying on post-processing if

 

 

the document being printed isn’t compliant.

 

 

 

 

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