Common Linux Problems
Problem | Possible Cause and Solution |
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I can’t change settings in | You need to have administrator privileges to be able to |
the configuration tool. | affect global settings. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 Xerox 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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