How to install a printer

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jcairol
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Beigetreten: 08/09/2011

Hi,
I'm new to GNU/Linux. I recently installed trisquel but I'm not able to install my printer (HP OfficeJet G85) or the sound. Any help? Thanks.
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Jordi

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Beigetreten: 02/25/2010

From the main menu, go to System > Administration > Printing. You should be able to add your printer from there.

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Beigetreten: 07/27/2010
jcairol
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Beigetreten: 08/09/2011

Thank you very much for your responses. It was not so easy (the printer was detected and configured but the fact was it did not print). But at last I found a solution here: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/database/cupsdocumentation
After configure CUPS manually I got my printer printing! :-)
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Jordi

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Beigetreten: 07/27/2010

What problems did you have with the sound? Is it solved already?

jcairol
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Beigetreten: 08/09/2011

Howdy, Cyberhawk!

The problem is there is no sound at all, and no, it is not, unfortunately, solved yet. I've tried to read some info in the net but I get lost every time, so some help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much.

Cyberhawk

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Beigetreten: 07/27/2010

Go to the terminal and type in:
sudo lspci
Look for lines with "audio devices" or "multimedia audio controllers". Copy the id number in front of the line with your audio device/controller and search for that id number at www.duckduckgo.com. A good search string is: "id number in Linux".

Those id numbers are identifiers for hardware, if your hardware is not supporting free drivers, chances are people are having problems with it all over the net and posting it on forums. If there is some sort of trick to get it to work, chances are you'll find it described in one of the forums you'll see in the search results.

Good luck!

jcairol
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Beigetreten: 08/09/2011

Thanks, Cyberhawk. Problem solved!

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Beigetreten: 07/27/2010

Nice, have fun with Trisquel now :)