Re: [tlug] Printer Not Responding

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Evan Monroig wrote:

> > You also have the option of rolling back to the previous version
> > of Ubuntu with which the bastard proprietary driver worked.
> >
> > Perhaps qemu or UML could help. Run most stuff in new version,
> > Run print stuff in old version of Ubuntu.
> 
> Yes, I would go for that too. Do you think that it would be enough to
> install the Breezy versions of the cupsys-related packages? 

Mixing stuff from different versions of an OS is asking for trouble. 

> It might
> be a mess if other packages depend on the new version, but it is worth
> a try.

Back up first. 

> I am not an experienced debian/ubuntu user, but this is how I would go:
> 
> 1) edit /etc/apt/sources.list as root and duplicate all 'dapper'
> entries, and replace 'dapper' by 'breezy' for the duplicates

You are missing the step that says to number your feathers. 

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Seriously, emulation or UML is a cleaner saner way.