Multiple questions :/
 

I have a few questions if anyone can help ?

Firstly when i select "help" form the gimp 2.0 menu i get the error :

Could not open '/usr/share/gimp/2.0/help/en/gimp-help.xml' for reading: No such file or directory

I did a full install of slack 10 this doesnt make sense surely the help files were bundled with gimp 2.0 ?

Secondly when i try printing from Gimp (I use gnome by the way) the status bar seems to be sending it (somewhere) but nothing prints. I have configured the printer in gimp but nothing prints.

Also i dont know if this is connected but i cant print from mozilla or abi-word either, yet i *can* print from the command line, *and* from gedit ?

Is there something I need to configure so all apps' can print ?





Thirdly i have a digital camera (connected via USB) which i could transfer images from (from the command line) by mounting "/dev/sda1" (that was in suse 8.2) but in slack 10 i have to mount at "/dev/hdd".
which does transfer the images but then the shell hangs and i have to close the window.

why on suse was it /dev/sda1 and on slack its /dev/hdd ?

Any idea as to why it "hangs"


tia

I dont remember wher but I read that the help in gimp does not come with it, I just looked it up on the website but could not find where I read that.

If your using KDE go to control center and setup a printer there and then you should be able to print through the gui, use the Gimp-Cups driver.

The help file isn't there. Get it at: ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/help/.

About the print thing, look up the commands that Mozilla and Abiword use to print. I think it's "lpr"; but you should check. Maybe GEdit will tell.

Maybe configurations are screwed up. If you use CUPS, you can simply use the http://localhost:621/ (I think) web interface, "delete" the old printer, and "create" a new one with proper configuration.

Everything here can be done as a user. You still need the root password for the CUPS interface. If you still have trouble after doing this, check the docs. They should be available online at www.gimp.org and www.cups.org.

The camera is /dev/sda1 in SuSE and /dev/hdd in SuSE because the two are treated differently. One treats it as a SCSI device, the other as an IDE device.

Thanks ive got the gimp help files and installed them they work fine.

I am still have no look with printing in abi-word or mozilla, tried your suggestion but nothing fixed :( its odd because i can see the blue progress bar starting and finishing as if its bneen sent to the printer but nothing happens ?

Is there a way I can actually see where mozilla and gimp are actually sending the output ?


Also on the subject of the camera, it still hangs when im transfering images, I have looked in my /etc/modules.conf and the usb storage module is commented out maybe i should uncomment this and try again ?

Also there *no* entry in /etc/fstab for /dev/hdd how should i go about putting one in there ?
could i specify it as /dev/sda1, to see if that prevents the hanging.

Do what young1024 said and then check your active printing jobs.

If you don't see anything after trying to print from Mozilla, then there's a problem.

As far as printing let's start with the basics. Do you want to use lprng or cups? Check to see whether /etc/rc.d/rc.cups or if /etc/rc.d/rc.lprng (as appropriate) is executable. (do a "ls -l" from the /etc/rc.d directory)

If you are using cups, configuration is via http at http://localhost:631/admin by default (not 621). Also make sure /usr/bin/lp* point to the executables for the print server you are using. As an example lpr would be a link to lpr-cups if you want to use cups and lpr-lprng if you want to use lprng.

Once we have confirmed these we can worry about what printer you have and what configuration steps will be needed,

For the USB camera can you give us the command you are using to mount it?

I don't know if this works, as Mozilla is printing fine for me with Slackware 10 and CUPS, but I believe that it has worked for some people.

Open Mozilla. Click "File" and then "Print...". You'll see a button that says "Properties...". Click that. You should see something like:

Try changing that to:

See if that works for you.

Thanks for the help guys, I did manage to sort it out, the printer problem that it and it was the command, lpr-cups, as opposed to lpr :)

Something so simple, but caused me headaches for three days, ah well i can print from any app' now.

In relation to the camera problem I just uncommented the "usb storage" module in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, now thankfull I can mount my digiditl camera as before, i.e mount /dev/sda1 and it doesnt hang :)

No idea what the sda1 is though (S)torage (D)evice at a guess ?

Like i sais before i *could* mount it before i uncommented the usb storage module but only as /dev/hdd, why this was i dont have a clue, an explantion would be great .

Least evrything is sorted now, albeit I have not much idea *how* though :)

Cheers.

"S"csi " "D"isk I believe. In Slack 10 that the links for lpr point to lrpng by default. As long as you can print I suppose it's all good.

Should there be an entry in /etc/fstab for the scsi device ?

Putting an entry in fstab would make it easier to mount, but is not necessary. If you have multiple removable drives though I would be a little cautious about using fstab entries using the 2.4 kernel. Since the drive letter assignment is based upon the order of discovery you can not gaurantee that a partcular device will always have the same designator.