Re: [gentoo-user] KDE4 printer config question

[Peter Humphrey <peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org>]

On Tuesday 09 March 2010 04:48:51 Roy Wright wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> OK, installed KDE 4.4.1 on an older box (BE-2400 4GB ~x86), seems to
> be working pretty good.  But am having trouble trying to figure out
> the kde way to configure a network (cups on a kubuntu system)
> printer.
> 
> From system_settings, Printer Configuration, the Server Settings are
> all disabled.  I think I need to set "Show printers shared by other
> systems".  So first tried \b\brunning system_settings as root to see
> if it's an authentication issue, no luck, still disabled.  Next did
> some googling and thought maybe need to use kauth to allow it, again
> no luck.  Any good tutorials on how to use kauth?
> 
> So any ideas on what piece of the puzzle I'm missing?

Sounds to me as though you haven't set CUPS up right on the machine 
connected to the printer. You need it to allow other machines on your 
network to print, and maybe to administer CUPS if you want to move 
printer administration to another box.

> On a side topic, I had cloned the System Settings menu item to set
> one version up to run as root.  The new menu item does not show up
> in the new menu manager, but does using old style menus.  Any
> pointers on how to add items to the new menu style?

You shouldn't need to be root on the client box to connect to printers 
on the server box.

-- 
Rgds
Peter.