Got another problem. Though the printer was working properly, I had to configure the scanner portion of it yesterday, by installing hplip, but didn't try to test it until I noticed an HP System tray icon this evening. While exploring the window it produced, I noticed that the update tab indicated that there was a newer version available, so I opted to install it. In the terminal-like window that appeared, it said something about having to login again, after the installation, and after that it said that there were 9 missing dependencies, which I chose to add (actually it installed 20+ items). Lastly, it asked whether to uninstall the old version before installing the new, and I gave a yes to that. I saw the uninstall occur, but it finished so quickly, I didn't have time to see if the new install happened. Apparently not, because the System Tray icon didn't reappear, even after first logging back in, nor after restarting. The only thing that appears in the Launchpad when I type scanner into the search window, is the option to configure it, but it says that no scanner is detected.
I then rechecked whether I could print, but that also faled, so I checked the configuration in Yast, and I found the checkbox for enabling the printer not checked, so I checked it, but I still can't print a page. This brings back memories of the problems I've had in the past with Suse and my printer...how do I solve it?
What do you think...if I deleted everything in Yast's installation summary related to the printer and scanner, then reinstalled it, do you think that would likely fix it?
Faxing would probably be similar.Another aspect of the printer that I'm curious about is FAXing. I don't intend to actually go into this, because I've not been able to use it since I went to a cable connection, instead of dialup. I was under the impression that my only alternative was to use an online FAX service, but in a phone conversation I had with a rep with the cable company some time ago, he said that he could instruct me on how to make it work on cable, just as it did on dialup, but I use the FAX so little, that we didn't go into it then either.
I understand that you probably aren't very well versed in this. Since you don't have a printer, chances are that you don't have a FAX machine either, but I'm just wondering if Linux can deal with cable FAXing any better or differently than Windows?
Seems like I mentioned it before, but I couldn't find mention of it. One thing that bugs me in Linux is the fact that I haven't found an easy method to manage windows between monitors...something like Ultramon does in Windows. I don't care about a lot of it's functions, but the fact that it adds special buttons at the top of all windows, that control the window's position between monitors is something that I would definitely like to have in Suse. I know that I can drag windows around, but to do so requires finding a very tiny portion of the main header with the cursor, which I always seem to fumble with. I have Googled for something like this, but found nothing. Is there a way do it?
Something about Grub that seems odd, is that below the regular boot option for Suse, it lists Advanced Boot options for it. I would have thought that it would contain something like Failsafe or RAM or media check, as it has in the past, but all that is there is two identical listings, which only boot to Suse as the regular boot option does. Is that by design, or is Grub just fouled up?