Printing

[Joel Hammer]

Well, no FUD meant. If your printcap states do not edit manually, then
there might be a problem. I know I had this problem with Redhat.
Joel

On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:36:19PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> On 08/13/03 17:28, Joel Hammer wrote:
> 
> > As I recall, with redhat( 7.2 ?), out of the box, there was a big
> > warning in printcap to make no changes in the printcap file, since it
> > was generated fresh every time something started up, I think the system
> > or the printing daemon. I think that the configuration program ran
> > automatically. You weren't given a choice about it. I had to manually
> > disable the thing.
> > 
> > That is the sort of messing around I just won't tolerate. It makes a
> > linux distro incompatible with every other version of linux. It makes
> > offering good, generic advice impossible. It makes life miserable for
> > newbies. It frustrates experienced users, who are asked yet again to
> > master some obscure but crucial details of an important but difficult
> > subsystem like printing, one that they thought they had under control.
> > 
> > Just one reason why I stopped using Redhat.
> 
> I never ran into anything like when using RH-7.2.  THe *only* mention i see 
> in the RH-7.2 release notes of anything remotely close to what you're 
> describing is:
> The printconf-tui program can clear settings completely. For example:
> printconf-tui --Xclear
> 
> Unless you've got a documented source for this behavior, please don't start 
> FUD.
> 
> > 
> > Joel
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 04:44:56PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> > 
> >>On 08/13/03 16:38, Joel Hammer wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Be careful. Some of the more advanced printing programs like to overwrite
> >>>your manual printcap file from time to time. Redhat would do that,
> >>>as I recall.
> >>
> >>No it didn't, unless of course you ran redhat-print-config.  Of course if 
> >>you're running redhat-print-config, it has to overwrite your printcap or 
> >>there'd be no point in running it.
> 
> 
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