Looks right...

 

So eager to set default options to "2 sided printing".

 

So eager to set default options to "2 sided printing".

Excellent! Now, go to the "Printers" tab, select your printer.

Pull down the "Maintenance" bar, and select "Print test page".

Report back with success (or not).

 

No paper came out.
It's a really good printer that has never failed and lasts for years on a starter cartridge. Besides, it printed 5 days ago!

 

No paper came out.

Go to the Jobs tab and tell me if the print job is pending or completed (or non-existent).

 

The job merely stopped.
I'm afraid we have a bad driver, as in, "Not right for this printer".

 

Even if this fails, I sure learned a lot. Internal pages open in the Internet Browser?!
Use, "My Attachments" to upload.
apt-get is a really common usage.
The text editor is called gedit.
The image manipulator is gthumb.

 

The job merely stopped.
I'm afraid we have a bad driver, as in, "Not right for this printer".

Go to Administration, Manage Printers, and click on the printer.

Under Maintenance, see if there is a "resume printer" option.

 

It has, "Reprint job" but I already tried that. It just sits there.

I tried going back and selecting the usb port connected printer, fed it the ppd driver, and still kaput.

 

It has, "Reprint job" but I already tried that. It just sits there.

I tried going back and selecting the usb port connected printer, fed it the ppd driver, and still kaput.

Is it still saying stopped? Did you look for what I told you above:

Go to Administration, Manage Printers, and click on the printer.

Under Maintenance, see if there is a "resume printer" option.

 

Yes, it's still stopped. There is no "resume" option in the Maintenance drop-down.

I'm tired! We've been on this for 8 or 9 hours and it's time for dinner!

Time out.

 

Good morning. I have been re-reading this Thread today and beginning to understand the answers.
A Terminal is kind of like being in Dos. I can write commands. If I write them correctly, the machine fetches for me. If I don't, it shows me the correct syntax. (Much more convenient than Dos!)
Gnome shows me the programs available.
gedit is the .txt program.
gthumb is the image manipulator.
It's better to use, "My Attachments" on the bottom of this page.
"Save Link as:" doesn't mean it's going to save the target as a Link.
Internal Documentation opens in a Browser. It looks like it came from an Internet site but, "localhost" means it is internal.

That's only part of it. I probably learned things I can't elucidate yet.
A great big, "Thanks" to several people!

 

Good morning. I have been re-reading this Thread today and beginning to understand the answers.
A Terminal is kind of like being in Dos. I can write commands. If I write them correctly, the machine fetches for me. If I don't, it shows me the correct syntax. (Much more convenient than Dos!)
Gnome shows me the programs available.
gedit is the .txt program.
gthumb is the image manipulator.
It's better to use, "My Attachments" on the bottom of this page.
"Save Link as:" doesn't mean it's going to save the target as a Link.
Internal Documentation opens in a Browser. It looks like it came from an Internet site but, "localhost" means it is internal.

That's only part of it. I probably learned things I can't elucidate yet.
A great big, "Thanks" to several people!

I'm awake but I'm not ready to get back to work yet.

Let me get the girls off to church. We'll start around noon, if you want.

 

Just a point of clarification, using localhost also works on a Windows system with a web server running. Some apps include that web server and they are accessed through a browser.

Gnome is a desktop environment. If Terminal is like DOS, Gnome is like Windows.

 

If Terminal is like DOS, Gnome is like Windows.

Gnome might be a crutch, but it isn't cheating to use a crutch on your first day.

 

Hello,

On most systems with a webserver on board, localhost uses the IP 127.0.0.1.
This address can be found in /etc/hosts.
Mine contains the following text:

#
# hosts This file describes a number of hostname-to-address
# mappings for the TCP/IP subsystem. It is mostly
# used at boot time, when no name servers are running.
# On small systems, this file can be used instead of a
# "named" name server.
# Syntax:
#
# IP-Address Full-Qualified-Hostname Short-Hostname
#

127.0.0.1 localhost

# special IPv6 addresses
::1 localhost ipv6-localhost ipv6-loopback

fe00::0 ipv6-localnet

ff00::0 ipv6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ipv6-allnodes
ff02::2 ipv6-allrouters
ff02::3 ipv6-allhosts

Bertus

 

Bertus, you are completely over my head today.

 

Bertus,

Per the IP standard, 127.0.0.1 is reserved for the home system, e.g. your computer. It is called the loopback address. In other words, it is any computer you are sitting at, now. I have a t-shirt that has printed on the front "There's no place like 127.0.0.1".

 

We'll start around noon, if you want.

I have errands to run, too. Watch for the green mark in the corner of my avatar to see when I log in.

 

Hello,

Here are some "cheat sheets".
Those are sheets with a small explanation of the several linux commands.

Bertus