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SonicSilicon wrote:ON the product's page there is a Support button on the righthand side.
That brings you to the Support Center page for that product; on this page there wil be a Downloads & Drivers tab where you can click on a Downloads from Solution Center link.
You'll ne brought to the Downloads page, wehre you select the OS.
http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hl3170cdw_all
For Linux you'll need to pick either the RPM package (Redhat based) or DEB (Debian based) package. To know which one you'll have to either consult your distribution's documentation or take an educated guess based on its fork.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution
just brew it! wrote:Mint is based on Ubuntu, which is a Debian derivative. You need the .deb packages.
Flatland_Spider wrote:'lsb_release -a", "cat /etc/os-release", or "cat /etc/*-release" will tell you exactly what you're working with.
just brew it! wrote:Yes, the printer setup GUIs seem to have varying types and degrees of brain-deadness, depending on which DE you've installed. The best defense is to learn how to do it manually by going straight to the CUPS layer (either manual editing of config files, or the web admin interface on local port 631).
just brew it! wrote:Yes, but in this context (n00b Linux user unfamiliar with the parentage of various distros, trying to figure out whether he needs to download .deb or .rpm packages) that's not the info he needs! He already knew he was running Mint...
just brew it! wrote:Flatland_Spider wrote:'lsb_release -a", "cat /etc/os-release", or "cat /etc/*-release" will tell you exactly what you're working with.
Yes, but in this context (n00b Linux user unfamiliar with the parentage of various distros, trying to figure out whether he needs to download .deb or .rpm packages) that's not the info he needs! He already knew he was running Mint...
tsoulier wrote:Good Lord where is device manager ...... My two USB in the front of my case don't work any more but the ones in the back do... drivers ?
tsoulier wrote:Good Lord where is device manager ...... My two USB in the front of my case don't work any more but the ones in the back do... drivers ?
just brew it! wrote:tsoulier wrote:Good Lord where is device manager ...... My two USB in the front of my case don't work any more but the ones in the back do... drivers ?
If they were working under Linux before it is unlikely to be drivers. USB 2 or 3? USB 2 is mature enough that compatibility issues are pretty rare. USB 3 is getting there too.
Does the problem persist after power cycling everything?
The script I posted on the recent script fun thread will tell you when USB mass storage devices appear/disappear, which may yield some clues. Doing a "tail -f /var/log/syslog" (leave it running while you plug/unplug various devices into the USB ports) will tell you if the system is seeing anything.
tsoulier wrote:Also which flash player do I use ?
tsoulier wrote:Also which flash player do I use ?
bthylafh wrote:I quit including Java in images a couple years ago and nobody's complained. Most of our users don't need it, and those that do tend to need a few different and specific obsolete builds.
tsoulier wrote:Sooo what y'all are telling me is I cant use FF....
bthylafh wrote:3 years old? <yorkshire>Luxury.</yorkshire> I've got one computer running a Pearson product requiring Java 1.4 update <mumble> and a couple others needing 1.5. Our friggin' video surveillance system needs Java 6.
tsoulier wrote:Sooo what y'all are telling me is I cant use FF....