Problems with Printers installation with AVLinux 5.0.3 on an hard drive

[Harry_Cover]

I have tested Live CD AVLinux without problems. It recognize my printers : Canon MP760 on usb port and an old LBP-4i on lpt1 port. It seems to be very interesting for me and I decided to make an installation on my hard drive. No problem during the installation. I have defined an user account and different passwords for the root account and the user account.
Then reboot and test the hard drive version. In order to install my printers, I used the command "adduser username lp" in the root terminal (as describeb in page 36 of the file AV503Manual.pdf), but the command adduser is not found.
Then, I have used the AV Linux Control Panel, clicked on Add user to group. AV ask me for the root pass and then close the window without acceding to the window "Add user to group".
Then, I opened a user terminal and type xhost + to disable access control (idea found in the forum - topic Problems of the 27 february 2012). I opened again AV Linux Control Panel, clicked on Add user to group. The window "Add user to group" opens and I can add username to lp and to lpadmin.
Then I go to Preferences, Printers to add my printers. But AV Linux doesn't find my printers (one on lpt1 port and the other on usb port). In the live version, AV have found both printers without problems. I put "usb:" in the field "Enter device URI" to define my printer and I could choose the right driver, but when i click on Apply, nothing appends! Same thing for the lpt1 printer.
I don't know what happends and what to do...
Many thanks

[tonyoptical]

Hi

I am a AVL beginner as well - but i got my printers only installed by launching "system-config-printer" in a root terminal. Just try it this way ...

[aeb105]

Did you guys have problems with AVlinux not recognizing your root password either at login or thru the "su" command?   I have reinstalled my system 2 times and I know I entered my usual password the same both, but still it tells me bad password.   

[Harry_Cover]

To tonyoptical
When I try to open a root terminal, AV ask me for my root password. I give this password and then nothing appends (no terminal window). If I try to open a second time a root terminal (menu accessories / root terminal), nothing appends too. I have opened a user terminal and launch "system-config-printer". A window opens (the same window as when I go in the menu to "Preferences" and select "Printers to add my printers"), and then same thing as describeb in my last topic. AV doesn't find both printers, the usb one and the lpt1 one. In the Live AVLinux session (without installing Debian OS), my both printers were recognized without problems. Probably a problem of rights...

To aeb105 : no problem with my passwords for me

Thanks

[tonyoptical]

@Harry_Cover

You need to resolve the "root" issue first. Sorry - i can't help you on this.
But - Did you try to change the root password in the AV Linux Control Panel on the Tab System Administration?
In a root terminal you need to launch "system-config-printer" at the command line.
This was exactly the way i did it.

[Harry_Cover]

I have solved my problem. I installed my printers, booting AV Linux and logging as a root user. It was impossible to do it logging as a normal user because AV Linux didn't find my printers. Now I can see my printers as a normal user too. I don't know what happened... Thanks

[tonyoptical]

Great! Pls. mark the thread as solved.