I am unable to install the drivers in OpenSuse 11.3 for an Epson Stylus SX218. The printer is not Linux friendly and the drivers hard to find but I have been able to install it in Ubuntu 10.04 and thought the procedure would be the same but it is not. Has anyone with 11.3 have any knowledge on this subject please.
Well try with terminal
with su as root
zypper install <driver>
or add as repository
again with
su as root
zypper addrepo <url of repository>
try with this and send me the results.
You didn’t mention what you have tried, or where you’re getting problems. Anyway, starting from the top, did you locate and install the correct CUPS driver from AVASYS?
Install with the package manager.
Open a browser, and configure via the CUPS web interface:
Then try printing a test page.
Thanks for the replies, I cant even download the drivers from AVASYS as I get a message telling me the download did not work and I have done it a few times. This is the one I tried to download epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.0.1-1lsb3.2_i386.deb which is the one I downloaded to Ubuntu but will not with OpenSuse. So you see I cant get off the start line, anything else please.
This is the one I tried to download epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.0.1-1lsb3.2_i386.deb which is the one I downloaded to Ubuntu but will not with OpenSuse. So you see I cant get off the start line, anything else please.
Well there’s you problem right there. 
You need to know that openSUSE is a RPM-based distribution (unlike Ubuntu which uses the .deb packages). So, you need to download the appropriate RPM package for your system. (Make sure you use the 64-bit package if using 64-bit OS, or 32=bit for…)
rpm and ymp packages.
I have tried every one of the rpm downloads but I get this message when I try to open the files ( Action could not be completed ) sorry to be a pain but is there anything else please.
rpm and ymp packages.
No, ymp files are really just small xml files for 1-click installs which are not relevant here. The choice is to download .rpm or .deb packages. We want the RPM package.
I have tried every one of the rpm downloads but I get this message when I try to open the files ( Action could not be completed ) sorry to be a pain but is there anything else please.
Ok, well you need to use the one appropriate for your system. You haven’t provided this info.
uname -r
I’ve just clicked on the 32-bit rpm, and it installed without issue. Is your browser (eg firefox) configured to give you choice to install or save? Which browser are you using? If you’re downloading it first, when you right-click on it, it should then allow you to ‘Open with Install/Remove Software’. This will prompt for your root password, and then this opens the software manager tool allowing it to be installed.
Thanks but I don’t follow what you have said, I have downloaded RPM files and I have seen nothing of yump files.
Thanks but I don’t follow what you have said, I have downloaded RPM files and I have seen nothing of yump files.
Forget them, they’re not relevant here. Read my previous post.
If you know where you’ve downloaded your rpm file, you could try installing from a terminal. Become root with
su -
and enter your root password when prompted.
If your file is downloaded to /home/joe/Downloads for example,
zypper in /home/joe/Downloads/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.0.1-1lsb3.2.i486.rpm
bero@linux-l264:~> uname -r
2.6.34.7-0.7-default
bero@linux-l264:~>
My browser is firefox configured to give me a choice to install or save and I do get Open with Install/Remove Software
and I get prompt root password, but no install just Action could not be completed.
Thanks but I will have to leave for now and come back tomorrow as I am a stand by electrician at a local coal mine and something is wrong.
and I get prompt root password, but no install just Action could not be completed.
Try installing with zypper from a terminal as outlined previously.
This will confirm 32-bit or 64-bit system
uname -a
Make sure you have the correct rpm for your system!
I am not getting anyplace at all, the next line is when I try to open with with Install/Remove and it is 32bit.
[PK_TMP_DIR|dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.xK32ST] Repository already exists.
Then this.
bero@linux-l264:~> su
Password:
linux-l264:/home/bero # zypper in /home/bero/Downloads/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.0.1-1lsb3.2.i486.rpm
Specified local path does not exist or is not accessible.
Problem retrieving the specified RPM file:
Malformed URI:
Please check whether the file is accessible.
Problem with the RPM file specified as ‘/home/bero/Downloads/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr-1.0.1-1lsb3.2.i486.rpm’, skipping.
No valid arguments specified.
linux-l264:/home/bero #
I thanks you and others for trying to help me but I have now had enough of it as cant spare the time it will be more simp.le to just change the OS as then it will install with no problem.
Thanks again.
That error comes from specifying an incorrect (non-existent) path. Check with
ls -l /home/bero/Downloads
I thanks you and others for trying to help me but I have now had enough of it as cant spare the time it will be more simp.le to just change the OS as then it will install with no problem.
Ok, your choice. Good luck.