Epson ink levels

[DibblingDave]

Hi, I'm using Suse 11.1 with Gnome desktop and am having trouble finding the ink levels on my Epson stylus photo R220 printer. Does anyone know of an ink level monitor. I tried Qink but it is not for suse 11.1 yet. Dave

[D-cat]

Have you tried mtink ?

Software.openSUSE.org

[DibblingDave]

Thanks, I've downloaded mtink but don't know how to run it. I don't know where the files were saved to. The only instructions I could find were here DOWNLOADS but I don't speak German. Any idea as to how to run mtink would be appreciated. Dave.

I just found this Error message as I minimised the windows:

*** nss-shared-helper: Shared database disabled (set NSS_USE_SHARED_DB to enable).

Hope that sheds some light.

[D-cat]

You downloaded the source files? "One click install" on the SuSE page didn't work? There is a preference for installing from repositories because that'll take care of dependencies and most configuration issues, where compiling from source often turns into a hunt for what's missing or misconfigured.

[DibblingDave]

Yes I did the one Click install but I cant find the programe

[D-cat]

I wonder if the menu wasn't configured in the rpm... what happens if you open a terminal window and just type mtink ?

[DibblingDave]

I get this

dave@linux-mqrp:~/Desktop> mtink
No protocol specified
Error: Can't open display: :0.0
dave@linux-mqrp:~/Desktop>

[D-cat]

Well, we know the program is installed...

Did you call that from a local terminal window or from the console (Ctrl+Alt+F(1-6)) or ssh connection? That error is from Xlib, it means it can't figure out what display to use, as in it can't find the X terminal it was called from. This program has to be called from a local terminal window (like Konsole).

If you are and you're getting this error, I'm right confused.

...

Looking through a French Ubuntu forum, I see the program has to be run as root or with sudo (but gksu or kdesu doesn't work, spits same error!)

I guess try sudo mtink and see what happens.

[DibblingDave]

I'm using GNOME Terminal 2.24.1.1 and this is the output from sudo mtink:

dave@linux-mqrp:~/Desktop> sudo mtink

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.

root's password:
Error: Can't open display:
dave@linux-mqrp:~/Desktop>

Dave.

[D-cat]

WTMF... I don't see a solution.

However, back to your original note:

I tried Qink but it is not for suse 11.1 yet.

Software.openSUSE.org - Qink : OpenSUSE 11.1

Did you try this one and get some sort of error?