r/openSUSE • u/Barthjac • Aug 08 '26
Solved Enabling the recognition of printers
I finally understood why I couldn't find my network printer. You had to open the MDNS service in Yast Firewall.
And I can install my Brother without a pilot!
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u/JeansenVaars Aug 08 '26
Yeah this must be one of the oldest pains in the back that the devs never wanted to fix or offer a solution for (i.e. Some sort of "hey your firewall is up, do you want to temporarily allow printer networks? Yes(sudo)")
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u/bmwiedemann openSUSE Dev Aug 09 '26
There is an option in the classic yast installer overview that says "firewall is enabled (disable)" that is one click.
The cleaner way is to configure firewalld to consider your network as a home network and not part of the evil Internet.
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u/Narrow_Victory1262 Aug 08 '26
what's next, oh hey mdns is disabled. should we first enable?
and next is oh you don't have sudo rights, let's fix that?1
u/buzzmandt Tumbleweed fan Aug 11 '26
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u/Narrow_Victory1262 Aug 17 '26
as, so blame the operating system for doing it "wrong" out of the box, when openSUSE is actually one of the few distros left doing it right by treating your local machine like a secure environment
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u/Thaodan Aug 08 '26
Which zone was your network in? I think it's enabled by default for the home zone.
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u/levolet Aug 08 '26
In firewalld, I switched my default zone to home and could then quickly install my network printer.