Cups problem

david walcroft d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au
Wed Dec 12 23:08:08 UTC 2007


david walcroft wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
>> On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 09:11 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>>  
>>> I can restart cups by "service cups restart ( stopped)  (restart)"
>>> But on Thuderbird and Firefox they both lock up after clicking
>>> the print button,I cannot start localhost to get to  cups admin.
>>>
>>>    Thanks  david
>>>
>>>     
>> Reversing what I have said before now you can get the equivalent of
>> localhost:631 by running system-config-printer.
>> or use lpoptions and lpadmin.
>> -- 
>> =======================================================================
>> I'll burn my books. -- Christopher Marlowe
>> =======================================================================
>> Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam at sbcglobal.net
>>
>>   
> Pardon my ignorance but I don't know how to use these commands.
>
>   david
>
I've done a "rpm -e --nodeps cups" then "yum install cups" and got to 
the point where
thunderbird and firefox send a print request to my HP PSC 2110 but is 
not printed out.
I still cannot open "localhost 631" 'Unable to connect'.

   david




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