RedHat9 unable to print on W2k share.

Klaus Zahradnik klaus at wcc.at
Wed Aug 13 18:49:49 UTC 2003


Tim Waugh wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 04:15:25PM +0200, Klaus Zahradnik wrote:
> 
> > At work however, I have a W2k machine sharing a Brother HL1030. I have no
> > chance of printing on this printer. All the other workstations (W2k) are
> > able to print on it.
> > I double checked share settings, username, passwords... you name it.
> > 
> > I can connect to the printer via smbclient manually by doing:
> > 
> > smbclient //192.168.21.103/hl1030 -P -U klaus
> > 
> > But when I try to configure the printer with the gnome gui thing, I always
> > get the error:
> > unable to connect to samba host, retryin in 60 seconds...
> 
> You didn't mention the version of Red Hat Linux that you're using.
> Would you mind confirming which, and what version of
> redhat-config-printer in particular you have?

Well, I am using Red Hat 9 and whatever print manager version came with it. I can tell you the exact version number tomorrow. I did leave my laptop at work today. It just was too hot to carry it on the train today. :)

regards
Klaus





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