Hello, I am an idiot (a vent about episode on installing printer)

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Okay, I have to share this to you guys…

As some of you know, I installed Arch couple of days ago. I managed to get everything working.

Except printing. That god-damn printing. I think I have used most of my time on this newest installation process of mine to solve, why the hell I can’t print from my WiFi -printer.

Well, after disbelief, uncertainty, countless tears of rage, cursing HP into depths of Hell, and finally laconic but ultimate acceptance that I simply can’t print and that is going to be the way, I looked Arch Wiki umpteenth time and this little paragraph pops into my blurred view of vision:

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And yes.

That was the missing package. I had set up nsswitch.conf -file according to instructions, including legendary mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return].

But I have heard legends, that it would be actually useful to have that specific package installed, before doing anything that.

I am idiot.

But now I can print.

So I am happy, printing idiot.

(Who doesn’t have anything to print right now)

:printer:

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It’s right here!

https://discovery.endeavouros.com/network/printers/2021/03/#network-printer

Btw… I print on eos! :rofl:

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:rofl:
I have nothing to print either. But I can’t remember how long it’s been since I owned a printer, let alone had anything needing printing. In this day-in-age with online documents and PDFs with electronic signatures, the need for drivers and/or CUPS has never been a bother for me.

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Well, my eyes pick it now, @ricklinux… :laughing:

You see, Discovery was what I used as guide, because it lists packages more neatly that Arch Wiki… :rofl:

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And the short answer….there are only stupid answers…no question is stupid if you don’t know it….

The Wiki is your friend…….

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Sometimes!

Edit: Sometimes the answer is the enemy of your question!

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Well…I do guess it all depends……