Cups problem
Aaron Konstam
akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Fri Dec 14 14:51:51 UTC 2007
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.
> > --
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> > 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
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Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam at sbcglobal.net
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