[plug] Printing - Mandrake

[Bret Busby]

William Kenworthy wrote:
> 
> Another printing problem.
>  I have just upgraded from Mandrake 6.1 to 7.0 and try as I might, cannot
> get the printer to work.  I am using the same smb config as before but not
> a peep out of it, or any of the variations Ihave tried.  Also am having
> problems with some of the libs not being found for some prior existing
> programs (compiled under MD6.1) and odd error messages from
> some programs.  e.g., licq failed to work, so recompiled it under Mandrake
> 7.0 and now get a symbol error at runtime.  Other programs behave
> similarly, even after I have tracked down missing libs etc.  kwintv fails
> to compile, make cannot find /usr/lib/kde, even though the make files etc
> look ok (still looking at this one tho).
> 
> Has anyone else had such problems with upgrading from one version to
> another?  I am at the point where I am going to blot it and start again.
> I hope that these problems are due to upgrading and not endemic to
> Mandrake7.0.  The mailing lists do not seem to indicate any major probs
> with 7.0.
> 
> BillK

I understand that Mandrake no longer is based on Red Hat Linux.