CUPS won't start

[Tim Waugh]

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 06:01:59PM -0500, Jacob Shreffler wrote:

> It appears that I don't have cupsd running, so I try to start the CUPS
> service:
> # /etc/init.d/cups start
> cupsd: Child exited with status 99!
> cups: started scheduler.                                   [  OK  ]
> 
> cupsd is still not a process! An error like this repeatedly appears in
> /var/log/cups/error_log:
> E [01/Dec/2003:17:50:36 -0500] StartListening: Unable to bind socket -
> Cannot assign requested address.
> 
> 'nmap localhost' does not show port 631 (ipp) to be open.
> What have I overlooked? Do I need port 631 open to print? Do I need
> cupsd? Any ideas?

Does 'printconf-backend --force-rebuild' as root make any difference?

What does 'grep ^Listen /etc/cups/cupsd.conf' say, as root?

Tim.
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