I've installed FreeBSD 7.3 on an older P4 machine, and so far, so good. I got Gnome to run, got Open Office installed from ports (8 hours of compile time!), got the sound working, and installed enough software to have a pretty useful desktop, with but one exception: printing.
I carefully read the FreeBSD manual on CUPS, and installed it, but I cannot get it to run. Clicking on Applications/System/CUPS gets an immediate dialog box that says:
I added this to /etc/devfs.rules:
And then this to /etc/rc.conf:
I then restarted CUPS:
The printer I'm trying to add is a Laserjet 2420DN LAN printer. I've successfully accessed it from multiple Linux, Mac, and Windows machines. Can someone help me with what I'm missing?
Thanks in advance.
I carefully read the FreeBSD manual on CUPS, and installed it, but I cannot get it to run. Clicking on Applications/System/CUPS gets an immediate dialog box that says:
Code:
Could not launch manage printing - Failed to execute child process "htmlview" (No such file or directory).
I added this to /etc/devfs.rules:
Code:
[system=10]
add path 'unlpt*' mode 0660 group cups
add path 'ulpt*' mode 0660 group cups
add path 'lpt*' mode 0660 group cups
Code:
cupsd_enable="YES"
devfs_system_ruleset="system"
I then restarted CUPS:
Code:
# /etc/rc.d/devfs restart
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart
The printer I'm trying to add is a Laserjet 2420DN LAN printer. I've successfully accessed it from multiple Linux, Mac, and Windows machines. Can someone help me with what I'm missing?
Thanks in advance.