[BLUG] The July Presentation

I was actually thinking of holding back on the Makefile presentation until
I needed to do a presentation off-the-cuff. I can yack about it at will for
hours.

I was part of the group that designed Be's non-recursive fully-dependant
GNU Make-based build system. I'm probably the only one on the list that
knows both that there were some very useful changes between GNU Make 3.80
and GNU Make 3.81, and what those changes were.

If we have a projector, I'm thinking of giving a presentation on making
GDM themes. Though I may do just an over-view and cover customizing the
entire initial boot up (for Ubuntu, at least) with Grub background images,
Usplash themes (the only part Ubuntu-specific), GDM themes, and easy themed
screen savers.

I'd then accompany the presentation online with an article going over the
things I mentioned in the presentation with appropriate links.

If there's no projector, I'll give more of a speech about GNU Make. It won't
have pretty pictures, but it'll have content.

One way or another, there will be a presentation.

Cheers,
Steven Black

On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 10:34:42PM +0000, ben lipkowitz wrote:
> Looks like you are the next presenter; congratulations!
> Seriously though, all the things on your list sounded good to me.
> (well, except for the migrating from evolution stuff)
>
> I'd be interested in hearing about "cool stuff in python" and "why
> Makefiles go bad".
>
> I got my first laser printer today and now have the joy of setting it up.
> Is it just me or does CUPS really suck? I thought I could just type
> "printconf" but no..
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It has always been smooth as cake for me.

I use gnome-cups-manager to configure printers. It has always been
easy and painless. So much so that I wouldn't even know how to do
a presentation about it. (I use Ubuntu.) Basically, I've just went to
System->Administration selected "Printers" double-clicked
"Add Printer" and followed the druid's prompts. This has worked for
me every time so far.

Please note, it looks like gnome-cups-manager is no longer supported
upstream and Ubuntu will eventually move to something else[1].

Prior to the GNOME/CUPS era, I managed to print using MagicFilter with
Ghostscript with LPD. Even that didn't seem particularly hard at the time.
(Certainly not as easy as CUPS.) If I remember proplerly, I basically just
installed the packages and did a minor adjustment of a text file to get
MagicFilter hooked up. I can't quite place the last time I did this.

Also note, I've always been careful about the printers I buy. Back in
the day, I actually had a printer well supported by both BeOS and Linux.
(It has historically been safe to either get a Postscript printer or an
Epson. Though at this point there are a lot more options.)

For those unaware, both my wife and I are big fans of the CUPS "PDF writer"
printer. Very handy.

Cheers,
Steven Black

[1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/printerdrake

On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 06:47:38PM -0400, David Ernst wrote:
> My experiences with CUPS have also been very unhappy, and I'm gearing
> up for another one soon. If anyone out there thinks CUPS is easy and
> great, that would be another great presentation topic. :)
>
> David
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 10:34:42PM +0000, ben lipkowitz wrote:
> >Looks like you are the next presenter; congratulations!
> >Seriously though, all the things on your list sounded good to me.
> >(well, except for the migrating from evolution stuff)
> >
> >I'd be interested in hearing about "cool stuff in python" and "why
> >Makefiles go bad".
> >
> >I got my first laser printer today and now have the joy of setting it up.
> >Is it just me or does CUPS really suck? I thought I could just type
> >"printconf" but no..
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[BLUG] setting up an hp laserjet 1018 on debian

supposedly one can get a laserjet 1018 at (newegg|amazon|circuit city) for
approximately $35 shipped after rebate, (rebate ending tommorrow btw) so i
decided to give it a try.

the printer needs to load firmware with some sort of questionable
licensing so it won't work right out of the box on "pure" distros such as
debian. why they didnt just stick it in non-free i'll never know. i
haven't gotten the rebate yet but the printer does indeed work on debian
etch. inkscape prints nicely after adding a - to the lp command line;
still haven't figured out how to print from gimp though.

without further ado, here's the condensed howto for your googling pleasure

# how to install drivers for an hp laserjet 1018
wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz
tar zxvf foo2*
cd foo2*
make
# go have some ice cream
./getweb 1018
sudo make install
sudo make install-hotplug
sudo make cups
#plug the printer in
lsusb
# you should see an entry something like:
# Bus 001 Device 002: ID 03f0:4117 Hewlett-Packard
# hint: dont boot up with printer plugged in
# if you do, you may get in dmesg:
# "usb 1-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110"
# i had to reboot to get it back, nfc why
sudo printconf
# go to http://localhost:631 and click "test page"
# click "allowed users" and add yer users (fenn) and authenticate root/pw :(
sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p laserjet_1018 -u allow:all
# print a test image
lp -d laserjet_1018 -o scale=100 test.jpg

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My experiences with CUPS have also been very unhappy, and I'm gearing
up for another one soon. If anyone out there thinks CUPS is easy and
great, that would be another great presentation topic. :)

David

On Fri, Jun 29, 2007 at 10:34:42PM +0000, ben lipkowitz wrote:
>Looks like you are the next presenter; congratulations!
>Seriously though, all the things on your list sounded good to me.
>(well, except for the migrating from evolution stuff)
>
>I'd be interested in hearing about "cool stuff in python" and "why
>Makefiles go bad".
>
>I got my first laser printer today and now have the joy of setting it up.
>Is it just me or does CUPS really suck? I thought I could just type
>"printconf" but no..
>
> /\-/\
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>___P_> <_9____fenn_____
>
>
>>I've not seen anything from the list in some time.
>>
>>Do we know who is presenting what for the next meeting?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Steven Black
>>
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Looks like you are the next presenter; congratulations!
Seriously though, all the things on your list sounded good to me.
(well, except for the migrating from evolution stuff)

I'd be interested in hearing about "cool stuff in python" and "why
Makefiles go bad".

I got my first laser printer today and now have the joy of setting it up.
Is it just me or does CUPS really suck? I thought I could just type
"printconf" but no..

/\-/\
>( g.g,)<
___P_> <_9____fenn_____

> I've not seen anything from the list in some time.
>
> Do we know who is presenting what for the next meeting?
>
> Cheers,
> Steven Black
>
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[BLUG] Has the list gone quiet?

I've not seen anything from the list in some time.

Do we know who is presenting what for the next meeting?

Cheers,
Steven Black

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