Cups problem

[david walcroft]

Craig White wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 09:00 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
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>> Craig White wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 15:57 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
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>
>   
>>>> It seems to know which cups to install but cannot find the rpm.
>>>>     
>>>>         
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>>> that usually can be fixed by clearing yum cache.
>>>
>>> why you removed cups with a --nodeps is beyond my comprehension but the
>>> following might work...
>>>
>>> yum clean all
>>> yum install cups
>>> yum update
>>>
>>> Try that and see if it installs cups
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I thought removing cups would clear up any faulty connections, it has 
>> worked for
>> me in the past.
>>
>> [david at reddwarf burner]$ rpm -qa |grep cups
>> cups-pdf-2.4.6-3.fc8.i386
>> apcupsd-std-3.10.18-1.i386
>> gutenprint-cups-5.0.1-5.fc8.i386
>> cups-libs-1.3.4-4.fc8.i386
>> cups-1.3.4-4.fc8.i386
>> libgnomecups-0.2.2-11.fc8.i386
>> [david at reddwarf burner]
>>
>> Cups is now installed I had to do the  manual method.
>>     
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> I hope that did not include --nodeps
>
> Please tell me that didn't including installing with --nodeps
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>   
>> yum updated 31 files but no cups yet
>> Still not printing.
>>     
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> now back to my earlier thread...
>
> OK, you need to register and then start cups...
>
> /sbin/chkconfig cups on
> /sbin/service cups start
>
> Then you will have to see if printer is still set up...probably easiest
> to just use 'Administration' => 'Printing'
>
> set up printer, apply changes, click 'Print Test Page'
>
> until you get a test page to print, don't bother with any other program.
> Fix the settings
>
> Craig
>
>
>   
I do not know if this will affect this problem but I have just remembered
That I use HP's driver hplip for my printer.

    david