[ale] Fedora 11 update broke my printer

[Jim Kinney]

sounds like a needed goal for the Fedora update-testers is to add "do
no harm" to the testing process.

Update have created for me a laptop suspend to crash/lock function. It
suspends. But on restore is just locks up and requires a hard reset.
Grr!

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Scott Castaline<skotchman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/02/2009 02:30 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Scott Castaline<skotchman at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On 09/02/2009 01:58 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>>> dump the printer, restart the printer and the cups process driving it.
>>>> Recreate it using a PPD file from HP. Don't use the foomatic stuff in
>>>> Fedora.
>>>>
>>> In otherwords delete the configuration and recreate the printer(s)
>>> making sure I use the HP PPD instead of the foomatic blend?
>>>
>>
>> Yep. Update fubar'ed the foomatic.
> Update to the update:
>
> I had earlier gone to the CUPS localhost:631 admin page and tried
> resetting the printer form there. It didn't really do anything but
> somehow a new printer was created called E-. Since then SELinux started
> complaining about FileLabel errors so I ran the recommended command of
> "restore -R '/'" and then rebooted. I went back into the CUPs WebPage
> Admin and was then able to delete printer "E-" and reset my printer and
> all is working. And I was already using the HP PPD file fooey to
> foomatic for me.
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