Common Linux Problems

Problem

Possible Cause and Solution

 

 

I can’t change settings in

You need to have administrator privileges to be able to

the configuration tool.

affect global settings.

 

 

I am using the KDE

Maybe you do not have the GTK libraries installed. These

desktop but the

usually come with most Linux distributions, but you may

configuration tool and

have to install them manually. Refer to your distribution’s

LLPR won’t start.

installation manual for more details about installing

 

additional packages.

 

 

I just installed this

Some versions of the KDE or GNOME desktop

package but can’t find

environments may require that you restart your session

entries in the KDE/

for the changes to take effect.

Gnome menus.

 

 

 

I get a “Some options are

Some printers have conflicting settings, meaning that

not selected” error

some settings for two options can’t be selected at the

message while editing

same time. When you change a setting and the Printer

the printer settings.

Package detects such a conflict, the conflicting option is

 

changed to a “No Choice” value, and 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’

 

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

 

appended to the resulting file. since the default queue in

 

LPRng is defined as the first queue in /etc/printcap,

 

therefore it is not possible for the Samsung 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.

 

 

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