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  • MGA: Printers show up multiple times

    From Markus Robert Kessler@2:250/1 to All on Mon Sep 25 20:10:42 2023
    Hi all,

    on a fresh MGA9 installation I have set up 3 network printers.

    Gimp, firefox, chromium show exactly what is installed, but
    atril, okular, evince show every printer twice: the exact printername and additionally the same with postfix, like printername_hostname.

    Some advised to stop cups browsing deamon, but I don't have it running. Besides this, not every application behaves like this, see above.

    It's not a showstopper, but I'd like to know the reason.

    Any idea? -- Thanks in advance!

    Best regards,

    Markus

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  • From Markus Robert Kessler@2:250/1 to All on Tue Dec 26 18:58:55 2023
    Just deactivate avahi daemon

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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Tue Dec 26 21:36:05 2023
    On 26/9/23 05:10, Markus Robert Kessler wrote:
    Hi all,

    on a fresh MGA9 installation I have set up 3 network printers.



    I am fighting a lonely rearguard action here with MGA8
    It is the printer installation that causes my hesitation

    I've been there every time and it requires an afternoon of pissing around.
    But this time I have old screenshots and some mental notes. It may go better

    PS. It's a Brother

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  • From marc@2:250/1 to All on Wed Dec 27 14:01:25 2023
    On 12/26/23 22:36, faeychild wrote:
    On 26/9/23 05:10, Markus Robert Kessler wrote:
    Hi all,

    on a fresh MGA9 installation I have set up 3 network printers.



     I am fighting a lonely rearguard action here with MGA8
    It is the printer installation that causes my hesitation

    I've been there every time and it requires an afternoon of pissing around. But this time I have old screenshots and some mental notes. It may go
    better

    PS. It's a Brother


    I've a Brother printer/scanner too.

    Every time I upgrade Mageia (last from MGA8 to MGA9), I visit the
    Brother website:

    support.brother.com,

    and I search in the Linux downloads for an installer file for my printer model:

    linux-brprinter-installer-*.*.*-*.gz

    (e.g. linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3.-1-.gz)

    Download that installer file, and from the Konsole unpack it:

    gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1.gz

    Then, as root, run the tool, adding your printer name at the end of the command.

    e.g.:

    bash linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3.-1 DCP-J315W

    (mind the blank space before the printer name!)

    (and do not forget to type bash before the command)

    In the Konsole an interactive driver installation will start. Takes some
    time to answer Yes or No about ten times.The proces will download and
    install two RPM files for the printer, and eventually another two RPM's
    for the scanner.

    Mind: at the end of the interactive installation, you have to carefully
    choose between an installation for wired USB users, of wireless network
    users.

    Finally, I save the complete installation proces from the Konsole in a
    text file on a USB stick, for future reference.

    Last time I did this, the installer warned that the RPM cupswrapper
    maybe will stopworking in a future version of CUPS. So maybe when MGA10
    is arriving, the installer can behave different.

    Regards,

    Marc.




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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Thu Dec 28 20:20:44 2023
    On 28/12/23 01:01, marc wrote:
    On 12/26/23 22:36, faeychild wrote:
    On 26/9/23 05:10, Markus Robert Kessler wrote:
    Hi all,

    on a fresh MGA9 installation I have set up 3 network printers.



      I am fighting a lonely rearguard action here with MGA8
    It is the printer installation that causes my hesitation

    I've been there every time and it requires an afternoon of pissing
    around.
    But this time I have old screenshots and some mental notes. It may go
    better

    PS. It's a Brother


    I've a Brother printer/scanner too.

    Every time I upgrade Mageia (last from MGA8 to MGA9), I visit the
    Brother website:

    support.brother.com,

    and I search in the Linux downloads for an installer file for my printer model:

    linux-brprinter-installer-*.*.*-*.gz

    (e.g. linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3.-1-.gz)

    Download that installer file, and from the Konsole unpack it:

    gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1.gz

    Then, as root, run the tool, adding your printer name at the end of the command.

    e.g.:

    bash linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3.-1 DCP-J315W

    (mind the blank space before the printer name!)

    (and do not forget to type bash before the command)

    In the Konsole an interactive driver installation will start. Takes some time to answer Yes or No about ten times.The proces will download and install two RPM files for the printer, and eventually another two RPM's
    for the scanner.

    Mind: at the end of the interactive installation, you have to carefully choose between an installation for wired USB users, of wireless network users.

    And then it asks for the device URI which baffled me the first time
    through - fortunately I now have screenshots.

    And despite just the drivers installed , the install scripts asks if you
    want a test print. which fails

    I have never had a good time with it
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    Mageia release 8


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  • From faeychild@2:250/1 to All on Fri Dec 29 02:51:41 2023
    On 29/12/23 07:20, faeychild wrote:


    And despite just the drivers installed , the install scripts asks if you want a test print. which fails

    I have never had a good time with it

    And I have just remembered Thunerbird.
    Setting that up again is rage inducing. This time I'll back up the
    config file

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    Mageia release 8


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