Windows 98 not printing
David Nillesen
dave at northnet.com.au
Mon May 3 09:02:54 GMT 1999
I have a windows 98 box + all updates and a redhat linux 5.2 box with
kernel 2.2.5 and samva 2.0.3.
I can share bi-directionally filesystems between the two perfectly.
They work quickly and reliably. I am using user level passwords and have
verified they work.
The problem is printing. The windows box attempts to print to the
printer after installing it by double clicking on the "network
neighbourhood" and browsing it up. It finds it fine and installs drivers
just dandy.
However i get a "Unknown error occurred while printing" window pop up.
Not very helpful. It puts the printer into user intervention required
mode. The samba logs show that the windows box just disconnected itself.
I have tried recompiling and installing from a fresh source in case
there was a flaky library mismatch in my redhat system.
Following is my samba.conf.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
David Nillesen
[global]
workgroup = northnet.com.au
server string = Astinus Master Server
hosts allow = 203.57.24.0/255.255.255.0
#auto load printers
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
log file = /var/log/samba.log.%m
max log size = 50
#security mode
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
#performance options
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
#browser master annnounce
remote browse sync = 203.57.24.255
remote announce = 203.57.24.255
# Master server config
# local master = no
os level = 100
domain master = yes
preferred master = yes
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS
wins support = yes
dns proxy = yes
#============================ Share Definitions
[MP3]
comment = Muzak
path = /raid0/mp3/
browseable = yes
writable = no
public = no
printable = no
[FTP Site]
comment = Astinus FTP Site
path = /raid0/ftp/
browseable = yes
writable = no
public = yes
printable = no
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
public = no
guest ok = no
writable = no
printable = yes
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