13.04 Beta 2 Printers

Tue Apr 9 20:40:11 UTC 2013

Hi Blaine,

With mailing list, you need to hit "Reply All" and no worries about that,
I'm sure you will remember that next time :D

Since you are using different Printer, that explains why it did not work
with Beta 2 while it worked with Beta 1. Two different Printers :)

I found this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Printers
Kindly have a look at it. If that didn't help you, please, let us know :)

IMHO, I would suggest to open LXTerminal and:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

The above commands will update and upgrade your system. Also, the last one
will upgrade your Linux Kernel to the latest one used by that release.

Connecting to the Internet while installing is not a big deal. It helps
only to install some extra package during the installation. If you are not
connected while installing, no worries because once you are done, you can
do all the updates, etc.

After installation, you need to run the above 3 commands :)

Some may prefer to use the Update Manager. I'm doing my best to use CLI and
avoid GUI :D but that is me :)

Thing is, not every problem is a bug. To be extra sure, this link may help:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/ReportingBugs

and this one too: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Testing

Sorry if I'm posting so many links but this is needed on our daily life
with Linux :D

Please, let us know if you require more information ;)

Thanks!

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Blaine williams <blaine00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Ali and thank you!
>
> I am not using the same printer, but the issue occurs before any attempt
> is made to install the printer. The full message it displays is "Printing
> service not available. Start the service on this computer or connect to
> another server." There is a button to "Start Service" but it is grayed out.
> This is seen as soon as the "Printers" application is launched. I checked
> Synaptic, and it seems CUPS is installed. Excuse my lack of expertise, but
> I'm not really sure what other packages I would need to enable the printing
> service.
>
> The LiveUSB I used checks out with no errors.
>
> Sorry for my lack of specifics, here is the setups...
>
> 1 - Personal Laptop
> Used Lubuntu 13.04 Beta 2 Desktop AMD64 image
> Installed from a LiveUSB that was created using the default Ubuntu Startup
> Disk creator
> This is the setup that I am having the issue on.
>
> 2 - Virtualbox image on work computer
> Used Lubuntu 13.04 Beta 1 Desktop i386 image
> Installed Lubuntu directly from the .iso file
> "Printer" application works just as it does on every other *buntu distro
> I've used.
>
> I was really curious to know if I should report this as a bug or if
> something went wrong with my installation. One thing to note, is that I did
> not connect to the Internet during the initial install of Beta 2. I did
> however connect while installing Beta 1. Not sure if that has anything to
> do with it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Blaine
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjjawad at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Blaine and Welcome to the Mailing List
>>
>> I'm the one who talked to you on Google+ Community ;) and yes, you will
>> see me everywhere :P
>>
>> First thing first, feel free to send your questions via this mailing list
>> and we will gladly direct you and guide you whenever needed in case you
>> need to use another channel.
>> By the way, don't forget to bookmark this link, please:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/ContactUs
>>
>> Now, are you using the 'same printer' on both machines?
>>
>> As Phill suggested, kindly check the LiveCD or LiveUSB that you used to
>> install Beta2 for errors. When you boot your machine from the Live Media,
>> it will give you some option right after choosing the installation
>> language. There is an option to check the disc for errors so please do that
>> check. There was a bug [1] actually for raring-desktop-i386 image where you
>> can't check the disc for errors (disc is the Live Media you use to install
>> from NOT the HDD).
>>
>> Have you used the desktop image or the alternate image?
>>
>> How did you create your Live media? is it LiveCD or LiveUSB?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> [1] - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/1166379
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Blaine williams <blaine00 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone! This is my first submission, so if this is the wrong
>>> place for this or if I'm doing it wrong, feel free to correct me! =)
>>>
>>> I've installed Beta 2 on my main computer at home and I tried to set up
>>> my printer this morning. The printer application (system-config-printer)
>>> displays a message about the printer service not being installed. I figured
>>> there was just something I needed to install, but when using my Beta 1
>>> installation from work, the printer application just works out the box.
>>>
>>> So, either something is wrong with my installation, or something has
>>> changed between beta 1 and beta 2 that breaks the "out of the box" printing
>>> experience. I've fully updated my beta 1 installation and the printer
>>> application still works fine so it looks like the problem deals with the
>>> original installation.
>>>
>>> Can anyone confirm this issue with Beta 2? Should I submit a bug report?
>>>
>>> Thanks! Much love for the Lubuntu team and their fine work!
>>>
>>> Blaine Williams
>>>
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