Linux printing to a Windows Shared Printer - update

This is an update to my previous post about getting my printer working.

Basic set-up was a network print server that was already set up and working with Windows (XP and 7).  Goal was to add the printer to a Linux system without affecting any existing set-up.  I tried CUPS, but ultimately used LPD/LPR to get it working.

My previous post was for RHEL/CEntOS 5.  This update relates to RHEL/CEntOS 6, and can be done from the Gnome Desktop.  These instructions assume that you already know the host IP you're using as your print server

In the following instructions, enter the root password if you are prompted for authentication:

1. Click System > Administration > Printing
2. Click the "New" button
3. Enter password if prompted
4. Click the "Do it later" button to change your firewall settings (you shouldn't need to change them)
5. Enter Root password if prompted
6. Expand "Network Printer" in the left tree
7. Select "LPD/LPR Host or Printer" in the left tree
8. In the right side, enter your information
• (in my case, Host: 192.168.x.x, Queue: Samsung_2010)
9. Click "Forward"
10. Select your printer make from the database and click "Forward"
11. Select your printer model from the left tree, and the driver from the right tree
12. Click "Forward"
13. Enter a unique name for the computer (line #1), a human-readable name (line #2) and a location (line #3)
14. Click "Apply"
15. When prompted, click "Yes" to print a test page

You should be set at this point!

Making X work on RHEL/CEntOS 5 after VMWare P2V Import

Used the VMWare Standalone Converter running on my local machine to import a RHEL/CEntOS 5 Linux system, and afterward, was greeted with the following (this is cli, the gui had it's own errors):

-----snip-----
[root@qa01 ~]# startx
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.9175
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority


X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5 x86_64 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux qa01.localdomain 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 6 13:26:04 EST 2010 x86_64
Build Date: 16 November 2009
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.67.el5_4.1
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri May 20 12:28:27 2011
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
[root@qa01 ~]#
-----snip-----


Some digging online led me to http://www.vmware.com/pdf/osp_install_guide.pdf

I realize it probably makes more sense to add the yum repo, but since I was in a hurry, I just pulled the files manually and did a local install.  The files I needed are listed below:

Files are located at: http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.1/rhel5/x86_64/

IMPORTANT!!! BUILD NUMBERS ARE CRITICAL!!!
      Make sure you get the build number for your version of VMWare and Guest OS

   vmware-tools-nox-8.3.2-257589.el5.x86_64.rpm

   vmware-tools-8.3.2-257589.el5.x86_64.rpm
   vmware-tools-common-8.3.2-257589.el5.x86_64.rpm

   vmware-open-vm-tools-8.3.2-257589.el5.x86_64.rpm
   vmware-open-vm-tools-common-8.3.2-257589.el5.x86_64.rpm
   vmware-open-vm-tools-nox-8.3.2-257589.el5.x86_64.rpm
   vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-utilities-8.3.2-257589.el5.x86_64.rpm
   vmware-open-vm-tools-kmod-8.3.2-257589.el5.x86_64.rpm
   vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-drv-mouse-12.6.4.0-0.257589.el5.x86_64.rpm
   vmware-open-vm-tools-xorg-drv-display-10.16.7.0-0.257589.el5.x86_64.rpm

Commands as follows:

wget http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/4.1/rhel5/x86_64/<package_name>
    (yes, this has to be done for each rpm)

wget http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub

rpm --import VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub (this saves you from the --no-gpg-check)

yum localinstall <big_list_of_all_rpms_use_tab_complete>


So, now that you're done with all that, it's time to reboot.  Yes, this is needed (remember that kmod rpm you just installed?).  After the reboot, everything works with X just fine.

And now things work virtually like they did before.  (=