I did use RPM2TGZ + Install.

I always logon as root in Slack but in Salix I can only Su in a terminal when I want to install something.

So... Is Salix simply Slack in a new dress or is it different at a more fundamental level???

The printer is a Brother DCP117c but the linux drivers used are the lpr and cupswrapper MFC210c downloadable from the Brother Solutions Center. http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html

I'm using 32bit Salix13.

I did look manually for the missing brlpdwrapper in the ...

The Brother drivers are the only ones available from their site and were converted with the rpm2tgz app in Slack.

I thought it odd that I didn't have the same problem in Slack although I do remember it wasn't plain sailing - I think I had to manually extract them in their destination folders ...

While installing drivers for a Brother printer via the command line terminal the brlpdwrapper file was NOT installed to the usr/lib/cups/filter folder

This anomaly occurred in both Mandriva and Salix

I could not use the printer until I'd copied over the file from another OS and installed to the ...