Re: SV: Citirx Printing problems
Diego Torres Milano <[email protected]>
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Two tips: 1) Be sure to Enable Local Printer and check Use SAMBA to share devices 2) Folow Robert's excelent step by step howto If you want to check that samba is running use # netstat -na Robert Yaklin wrote: >Did you read this? > >http://sotxlighthouse.org/pxes/MicrosoftPrintingHowto.html > >Robert > >at 08:13, Diego Torres Milano wrote: > > >>On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 05:35, Eliassen Einar (ErgoGroup) wrote: >> Hello >> >> Just a few quick questions.... >> >> >> What Citrix version are you using ? (Server) >> What Citrix client are you using ? >>PXES 0.7 supports ICA Client 6.30.1052 and 7.00.77757. >> >> >> Einar Eliassen >> >> -----Opprinnelig melding----- >> Fra: Micah Abrams [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sendt: 6. februar 2004 06:16 >> Til: [email protected] >> Kopi: [email protected] >> Emne: [pxes-devel] Citirx Printing problems >> >> >> Dear list : >> >> We are trying to re-use Pentium III computers that are being retired as Thin >> Clients using pxes. We are using version .7 of PXES to boot from a TFTP >> server that hosts the image file. Here is the boot sequence for the Test >> computer using this method: >> >> 1. Power on >> 2. Query DHCP >> 3. Receive IP, Subnet, DNS, TFTP server IP from DHCP server (Windows >> 2000) >> 4. BOOT network using PXE >> 5. Contact TFTP server specified by DHCP >> 6. Download linux image and bootloader >> 7. de-compress linux image and run bootloader >> 8. bootloader loads linux image >> 9. Citrix ICA for Linux is executed and connects to Citrix Server (Windows >> 2000) >> 10. User authenticates to Terminal Services >> 11. User logs into Citrix Server >> >> Once logged in to the citrix session, everything works as expected from the >> user perspective EXCEPT printing. Each workstation has an HP deskjet >> printer attached directly to its lpt port. We can print raw data directly >> to the lpt port >> (/dev/printers/0) >> so we know the physical connection is working. Unfortunately, we can not >> get any other printing working. We have tried piping print jobs directly to >> lpr and while the jobs do show up in the spool, they fail to ever print. We >> have searched the FAQ's and the Forum to no avail. Our next thought is to >> perhaps install samba and try printing that way. We are hoping you guys can >> provide us with some pointers. We are planning on rolling this out to about >> 300 desktops however, local printing is a MUST. >> >> I have double checked to make sure the local printing option is selected >> during the image creation process. We are open to any and all suggestions >> and are looking forward to your responses. Please feel free to reply off >> list if you feel it is more appropriate. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Micah >> >> on a side note: During our image creation, we chose the "use samba" option. >> When the image booted however, there was no samba process (smbd or nmbd) >> running and I could not find any local smb.conf. What are we missing? >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 >> Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the >> breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. >> http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn >> _______________________________________________ >> pxes-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pxes-devel >> >> >> >> -_____________________________________________ >> >> The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the person(s) or >> organisation(s) to whom it is addressed. No-one else may copy or forward all >> or any of it in any form without the prior written consent of the >> originator. 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