Printer and Password problems

[rocker452]

?1. When i try to change the password in console i type "sudo passwd" and it promts to type in new passwd but when i type anything it doesn't show anything. ?2. I can't get my printer to work which i think is because i don't know what driver i need for it. I have a DELL A920 all-in one. The list in the config panel doesn't show it,probably because it is so new. What can ido? thanks for any help on this matter.

[j.drake]

when you type in the password, it doesn't show anything. That's proper operation. No stars, no dots, nothing. There's a site for linux printer drivers somewhere - can't think of it now. I had the same problem with an Epson and a Brother early on. Basically, I found that my printers behaved the same as other models made by that manufacturer, so I just selected that different model, and it worked fine.

JD

[eco2geek]

A quick Google (http://www.google.com) search on your printer yields some information (http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=152840) about it (http://josiah.ritchietribe.net/blog/archive/2004/04/714/). (A more in-depth Google (http://www.google.com) search and a visit to LinuxPrinting.org (http://linuxprinting.org/) might yield even more.)