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- Yes, it is strange. When I log in as Gary, click on "K," "Configuration,"
then "Printing," the printing menu items show up fine. When I log in as
root, click on "K," then "Configuration," as soon as I click on "Printing,"
the menu just goes away--as if I clicked outside the menu list. However,
if after I click on "Configuration," I use the up/down arrow keys to move
to "Printing," then press "Return," the printing menu items come up. I
observed this behavior only while using the KDE interface. The Gnome
interface doesn't exhibit this strange behavior
As for why I logged in as root to begin with, well, when I installed my
Lexmark Z31 printer the 1st time and tried using the Z31 driver to print
a test page, garbage was coming out, with the print head banging away, so
I wanted to cancel the print job. Being new to Linux, and not knowing the
line commands, I looked for the KDE print manager, which I found, but was
unable to delete the print job, since I was logged in under Gary, and the
printer install routine runs under root (meaning the print job belonged to
root. Sooo, I logged in under root and successfully deleted the print job.
I then logged in as Gary and tried, hoping for luck, changing the printer
driver to Z32, which at least successfully printed a test page, although
with the vertical printed lines zig-zagging down the page. So I tried running
the Head alignment utility for a Z32 under the "Printing" menu. After
answering the questions about the type of printer and function desired
I believe the program came up with a message about not having permission
to access something I can't remember right now. I then logged in as root
and tried again, but received the same message. While still logged in as
root, I tried running the Printer Utility Program under the "Printing" menu,
but when it loaded, I didn't see my printer in the list of supported
printers, so I exited the program. It was after this point I observed the
strange behavior noted above.
Later,
Gary
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