Cups problem
david walcroft
d_j_w46 at bigpond.net.au
Fri Dec 14 23:57:23 UTC 2007
Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-12-15 at 09:12 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>
>> Aaron Konstam wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 09:18 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Aaron Konstam wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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'.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>> how about in firefox...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://localhost:631
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> comes up with "Unable to connect"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> david
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> It seems to me there are only two possibilities:
>>>>> 1. cupsd is not running. What does : ps aux -columns 256 |grep cupsd
>>>>> return/
>>>>> 2. Your /etc/hosts file does not define a localhost. Use the ip number
>>>>> of ypur machine rather than localhost.
>>>>> --
>>>>> =======================================================================
>>>>> Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -- Carl Sagan
>>>>> =======================================================================
>>>>> Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam at sbcglobal.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> [root at reddwarf ~]# ps aux -columns 256 |grep cupsd
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I am not doing well with things like spellins and such.
>>> It is --columns
>>>
>>>
>>>> Could you give me an example of the /etc/hosts/ file please
>>>>
>>>>
>>> hosts file:
>>> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
>>> # that require network functionality will fail.
>>> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
>>> 192.168.1.100 vulcan vulcan.gateway.2wire.net
>>> 192.168.1.101 saturn saturn.gateway.2wire.net
>>> 192.168.1.65 cyrus cyrus.gateway.2wire.net
>>>
>
>
>> Would this be correct: 192.168.0.1 reddwarf localhost.localdomain
>>
> ----
> no - should be more like (note the first 2 lines)...
>
> # Do not remove the following line, or various programs
> # that require network functionality will fail.
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> 192.168.0.1 reddwarf localhost.localdomain
>
> Craig
>
>
Thanks for that Craig,now the good news,i'm into 'localhost:631' then
set up the printer then I'm asked for user name and password but its
not accepting anything i put to it.can I delete a cups password file
and start again.
david
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