Cups problem

[david walcroft]

Craig White wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 09:08 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>   
>> 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'.
>>     
> ----
> how about in firefox...
>
> http://localhost:631
>
> ?
>
> Craig
>
>   
comes up with "Unable to connect"

    david