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Re: KDE 2.2alpha2 is Out!
by Daniel Molkentin on Friday 01/Jun/2001, @07:09

>When can we expect to find the new printing architecture on KDE ?

It will be part of KDE 2.2 and is therefore also included in this alpha release.

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Re: KDE 2.2alpha2 is Out!
by Jeepster_UK on Wednesday 06/Jun/2001, @18:12

I`ve installed kde2.2alpha2 within syuse 6.4 via the available rpm`s, now I find I cannot print from some kde apps, noticably Kmail and knode and a few others.

Kde Control centre is asking for kdeprintd which I cannot locate anywhere.

Anyone any clues to its whereabouts? Or is it a bug...

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where's kdeprintd? [was: Re: KDE 2.2alpha2 is Out]
by Ben on Thursday 07/Jun/2001, @08:43

Same thing with me. When I try and print to a printer from kmail or konqueror I get the following error:

Unable to start child print process. The KDE print server (kdeprintd) could not be contacted. Check that this server is running.

When I print to a postscript file and then print that from commandline with lpr it works fine.

I'm using RedHat 7.1 RPMs (with updated pcre, openssl, readline et c.) with these kde packages.

kdesupport-devel-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdeadmin-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdelibs-sound-devel-2.2-0.alpha2.2
kdeaddons-noatun-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdesdk-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdebindings-devel-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdesupport-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdelibs-2.2-0.alpha2.2
kdegraphics-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdelibs-devel-2.2-0.alpha2.2
kdebindings-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdenetwork-ppp-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdelibs-sound-2.2-0.alpha2.2
kdebase-2.2-0.alpha2.2
kdenetwork-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdegames-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdeutils-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdeartwork-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdeaddons-kate-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdeaddons-konqueror-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdevelop-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdesdk-devel-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdepim-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdebindings-kmozilla-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdemultimedia-2.2-0.alpha2.2
kdetoys-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdebindings-perl-2.2-0.alpha2.1
kdeaddons-kicker-2.2-0.alpha2.1

Ben

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Re: where's kdeprintd? [was: Re: KDE 2.2alpha2 is Out]
by A Sad Person on Thursday 07/Jun/2001, @18:40

kdeprintd is a library loaded through kded (the KDE Daemon)... Dunno under what conditions it is loaded.. Try running kded explicitly, I guess..

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running kded fixes the problem
by Daniel Lemire on Friday 24/Oct/2003, @05:08

I have exactly the same issue with a more recent KDE.

kdeprintd is out to lunch... running kded is all you
need to bring it back.

Strange.

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Re: running kded fixes the problem
by Bill Kendrick on Monday 12/Dec/2005, @00:27

2 years later... ;) Thanks for the tip. Just helped me a bunch!

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Re: where's kdeprintd? [was: Re: KDE 2.2alpha2 is
by Aleksey V Lazar on Sunday 07/Oct/2007, @19:58

Two more years later... running kded did it. Why is this problem still lingering? What is this Windows? Anyway, thanks.

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Re: where's kdeprintd? [was: Re: KDE 2.2alpha2 is
by Jay Armstrong on Tuesday 29/Apr/2008, @14:25

Thanks for the tip. Running kded as a regular user got me printing again. Thankfully didn't have to reboot :)

Seven years of this error, I'm guessing it's either neglected or intended to catch miscellaneous errors. What would be nice is if the error window offered to restart kded, linked to information about how to restart kdeprintd, or anything else that would be helpful for end users who don't know anything about the KDE subsystem.

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Re: where's kdeprintd? [was: Re: KDE 2.2alpha2 is Out]
by Leo on Friday 26/Sep/2008, @14:16

I'm glad this topic is here... Thanks.

I'm sure a few months, or years from now, someone will add a link to this topic in the error message.

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