I've installed KDE 4.6.1 on FreeBSD 8.2 i386. I have an old HP Laserjet 6P printer connected via parallel port. CUPS 1.4.6 is installed, and applications such as Firefox and Libreoffice can successfully print to my printer. However, when I try to print from KDE applications such as Okular, KWrite or Konqueror, my printer is not even listed - only options are 'Print to PDF' and 'Print to Postscript'.
When I discovered this problem, I also noticed that there is nothing at all printing-related under KDE's system settings. I installed system-config-printer-kde4 and this added the applet which shows me the existing printer and allows to configure it, but this printer still doesn't appear in KDE applications.
I've read suggestions that replacing the lp* tools under /usr/bin with symlinks to corresponding CUPS binaries under /usr/local/bin might help, but in my case this doesn't seem to help. What else might I be missing?
When I discovered this problem, I also noticed that there is nothing at all printing-related under KDE's system settings. I installed system-config-printer-kde4 and this added the applet which shows me the existing printer and allows to configure it, but this printer still doesn't appear in KDE applications.
I've read suggestions that replacing the lp* tools under /usr/bin with symlinks to corresponding CUPS binaries under /usr/local/bin might help, but in my case this doesn't seem to help. What else might I be missing?