Samba

Peacedog · 09-11-2004, 05:27 PM

Can you connect to aqua-q with the ip address? From the windows machine open a dos prompt and issue

ipconfig /all

that should return your external address, and internal address for that machine. Are you running a firewall on the windows machine? Please post the output of

cat /etc/hosts

from linux.
good luck.

drethenerd · 09-13-2004, 09:26 AM

i got the file sharing part to work and i can access the windows computer from linux. i've tried to use the printer but it won't work. but you can see the printer from the linux computer

thanks so much

Peacedog · 09-13-2004, 09:36 AM

Now that you can see the printer, try configuring it from the cups interface. Open a web browser and type in the url bar

http://localhost:631

that should get you to the cups interface.
good luck.

drethenerd · 09-13-2004, 05:30 PM

i've tried that before, and when it asked me for my password, i kept typing it in and i was sure it was the right root password, but it kept on saying that it wasnt the right one

thanks a lot

Peacedog · 09-13-2004, 05:36 PM

Have you tried this link since you can now see the printer?

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/...ing_to_windows

good luck.

drethenerd · 09-13-2004, 06:35 PM

i tried that, but it didn't help either

thanks

Peacedog · 09-13-2004, 06:45 PM

Maybe there's a cups problem, try connecting to the server again use root and roots password. I'm going to do a little reseach on suse and cups to look for bugs. In the mean time please post the output from

smbclient -L aqua-q

and try restarting the cups daemon. I'm certain if you can access the machine via smbclient, and you can get cups going you'll be able to print.
good luck.

drethenerd · 09-13-2004, 07:14 PM

the output of smbclient -L aqua-q is:

Password:
Domain=[AQUA-Q] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
print$ Disk Printer Drivers
SharedDocs Disk
zorex Printer HP DeskJet 722C
Domain=[AQUA-Q] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]

Server Comment
--------- -------

Workgroup Master
--------- -------

thanks for all your help

Peacedog · 09-13-2004, 07:14 PM

Just for my curiosity, what particular printer do you have? The info will aid my search.

Peacedog · 09-13-2004, 07:36 PM

The printer is supported have a look at this

http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...P-DeskJet_722C

If you can get cups going properly, this should help.
good luck.

drethenerd · 09-13-2004, 11:19 PM

i tried the instructions there, but it still wont print

thanks so much for your help

Peacedog · 09-14-2004, 06:46 AM

Have you been able to get to the cups interface? Does it allow you to choose the smb backend?Have you downloaded the driver and ppd file?
good luck.

drethenerd · 09-14-2004, 08:56 AM

no i haven't been able to get to the cups interface, accept for one already on my computer, but it doesnt work very well. i have the driver and ppd file

thank you for all your help

Peacedog · 09-14-2004, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by drethenerd
no i haven't been able to get to the cups interface, accept for one already on my computer, but it doesnt work very well. i have the driver and ppd file

thank you for all your help

Your welcome. What do you mean by the one already on your computer? Let's try restarting the server, open a terminal and issue as root, or su -,

/etc/initd/cups restart

post any errors.
good luck.

drethenerd · 09-14-2004, 07:09 PM

nevermind, i thought you meant by interface something like localhost:631, to configure cups with. the server is running though.

i think that the problem might be with the windows computer. for instance, do i need a guest account? i mean, the linux computer doesnt show any errors when you try to print.

could something like that be the problem or am i just crazy?

thanks for your time