From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 17 08:17:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E638016A421 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:17:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96AC013C461 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:17:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1H8Gtej001654; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:16:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id m1H8GqsA001651; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:16:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:16:52 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Erich Dollansky In-Reply-To: <47B7B142.2030202@pacific.net.sg> Message-ID: <20080217091554.K1622@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <47B7B142.2030202@pacific.net.sg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Falanga Subject: Re: question about xwindows X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:17:38 -0000 > first of all, you used that bad letter. Just call it X. Never add an s at the > end of the other word. Some people are real allergic to this. no allergic, just matter of proper naming. X Window System is not a kind of windows. KDE is not a kind of X Window System too.. > > Robert Falanga wrote: >> First let me say that I am quite new at freebsd or any other unix type >> system. >> My son helped me set up the xwindows (KDE) on this system. It has worked OK >> for quite a while and then yesterday I was trying to install a printer. >> Evidently I messed something up and now I get the following: > > You must have some printing system installed on the machine. > > I would recommend CUPS for this purpose. > > Go to a console and enter this: > > pkg_info | grep cups > > You should get then some output like this: > > cups-base-1.3.3 Common UNIX Printing System > libgnomecups-0.2.2_4,1 Support library for gnome cups admistration > > This error messages are too general for me. > >> hostname: not found >> dd: not found >> Couldn't create cookie >> >> I haven't a clue as to what is wrong, would someone help PLEASE? > > If you have CUPS, you can use a web browser to administer the printer. > > What kind of rpinter do you have installed? > > Erich > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >