Installation troubles on SuSE 10.1

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darkstar
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Installation troubles on SuSE 10.1

Post by darkstar »

BigBang:/home/marc/turboprint # rpm --install --verbose turboprint-1.95-1.i386.rpm
Preparing packages for installation...
turboprint-1.95-1
Restarting CUPS printing system...

chown: `marc.darkstar': invalid user
chown: `marc.darkstar': invalid user
warning: waiting to reestablish exclusive database lock


Any ideas on how to track down why I am getting this invalid user error?

After doing this installation I can no longer use the printer configuration tool in Yast2. Clicking on the printer icon under Hardware results in the tool suddenly quiting in mid launch.

I am relatively new to Linux so please keep the jargon to a minumin and keep it simple for me.
zedonet
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Post by zedonet »

Hello,

the reported error nessage "'marc.darkstar': invalid user": invalid user is probably a result of the "." in the user name - we will try to fix this problem in the next release.

However, this should not affect installation of TurboPrint except the two desktop icons "TurboPrint Setup" and "TurboPrint Config" which may not be usable - you can start these two utilities from command line instead using the commands

kdesu xtpsetup

for setting up a new printer and

xtpconfig

for changing printer configuration.

I have no explanation why Yast2 should be affected. You can try if uninstalling TurboPrint (from Yast2 or from command line using

sudo rpm --erase turboprint

makes the Yast2 printer configuration tool usable again (your root password will be requested).
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