[Novices] changing default paper size

[Brock Inglehart]

On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 02:17 -0400, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 13:53, Brock Inglehart wrote:
> > Suse 9.2 Pro
> > Just installed a new Epson C86 printer and after I configured the
> > printer, I went to print manager to check paper size.  I used
> > Start/print manager/printer/configure.  Sure enough, the list said the
> > default was A4.  When I try to change it to letter I get a screen asking
> > me for "username and password"  The only password I have is my root
> > password (I think) and it doesn't like that and won't let me make the
> > change.
> 
> It's asking you for username as well as password? Something like this,
> I've usually seen it ask for just the root password.
> 
> I can think of a couple things to try. One would be to enter the
> username, root, along with the root password. Otherwise, if your regular
> account doesn't have a password, you might try entering that account's
> name without one. Other than that, I'm not entirely sure.
> 
In the dialog box, in the line for username, it has my name already
inserted.  But it doesn't like my root password. 

Leola's laptop seems to have defaulted back to the A4 paper also and
when I tried to do the same on her machine, it doesn't even give me the
dialog box to enter a username and password.  It just breaks the glass
and tells me I'm not authorized to make the change.

Brock